Corrigé analyse de caricature : exercices d’anglais première

1. d (une légende)
2. h (une bulle)
3. f (le premier plan)
4. g (un dessinateur de presse)
5. b (une étiquette)
6. a (un gros plan)
7. e (une contre-plongée)
8. c (représenter)

1. in the top right-hand corner
2. in the background (loin du spectateur)
3. in the foreground (près du spectateur)
4. In the centre
5. on the right (en face de l’orateur placé à gauche)
6. on the left

1. is holding : action visible.
2. takes : fait général, présent simple.
3. are pointing
4. reads : « la légende dit » se met au présent simple.
5. is wearing : on décrit une tenue au moment de l’image.
6. belongs : verbe d’état, jamais en be + -ing.
7. is swimming

1. c – peace
2. e – the US government
3. d – the Republican Party
4. b – justice
5. f – urgency, time running out
6. a – the United Kingdom

1. In the foreground, there is a car.
2. On the left, a woman is crying.
3. This cartoon was published in a newspaper last week. (le dessin de presse est un cartoon)
4. The picture shows a man who is walking on a beach. (show/depict, et be + -ing pour l’action en cours)
5. In the background we can see mountains. (pas d’article a devant un pluriel)
6. The cartoonist wants to denounce pollution. (denounce est transitif direct)

1. It was published in a British daily newspaper in 2021.
2. It refers to an international climate summit.
3. They are sitting around a table, smiling and toasting with champagne.
4. The water is rising fast and already reaches their ankles.
5. The polar bear symbolises the victims of global warming, nature and endangered species.
6. The banner says “great progress” whereas the image shows the situation getting worse, so the words contradict the picture.
7. World leaders celebrate empty promises while the planet is drowning: they are blind to the climate emergency.

1. The empty chair may symbolise the absence of the president.
2. The cartoonist seems to criticise the media.
3. The giant hand could stand for the power of big companies.
4. It looks as if the leaders don’t care about the victims.
5. The cartoonist implies that democracy is in danger.
6. The photographer must have wanted to shock readers. (must have + participe passé : déduction sur le passé)

1. low-angle
2. close-up
3. caption (headline = le titre de l’article)
4. silhouette
5. timeless
6. small and vulnerable (effet de la plongée)

1. This cartoon was published in 1805, in the middle of the war against Napoleon.
2. In the foreground, two men are sharing out the globe.
3. The eagle symbolises (stands for) the power of the United States.
4. The caption contradicts the picture, which creates an ironic effect.
5. The cartoonist seems to denounce the leaders’ indifference.
6. In my opinion, this cartoon is still relevant today. (« d’actualité » = relevant, pas actual)

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