Rhetorical Analysis Essay (based on a cartoon)

We have been analyzing visual texts and cartoons and your assignment for this essay is to do the following:
“Choose a political cartoon or comic strip on a current issue and write a rhetorical analysis. You can find a list of appropriate cartoons on our Bb site (see the Weekly Assignments). Use a prewriting checklist to help you write a rhetorical analysis of the cartoon. Make sure that your writing supports a thesis about elements and messages of the text you are analyzing.”