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Friday's Editorial Cartoon   —   Posted on October 24, 2014

Question(s)

1. Define the idiom “make light of”

2. Editorial cartoonists often use humor to make light of serious situations. How do both cartoonists take a lighthearted approach to a serious situation -- which comic device do both cartoonists use to make light of a serious situation?
a) exaggeration
b) pun
c) parody
d) understatement

3. Explain your answer to #2.