Study the editorial cartoon by john branch. what is the cartoonist's purpose in this cartoon? to show readers what type of weather they can expect to experience in autumn to persuade readers that plastic bags negatively affect people and the environment to convince readers that leaves are just as annoying as plastic bags to tell readers that they should be happy about fall and not annoyed by it

B). To persuade readers that plastic bags negatively affect people and the environment.

Explanation:

Editorial cartoons are the graphic or visual expressions of the ideas or perspectives(of the creator) regarding the political or social issues and public figures. Such cartoons primarily intend to present a commentary and satirize their follies using humor, irony, or exaggeration.

In the given editorial, the cartoonist's purpose is 'to persuade the readers that plastic bags negatively affect people and the environment.' It reveals the creator's opinion of the harm caused by these bags to people as well as mother nature which is graphically expressed through the cartoon. This assists in offering a visual presentation through which the audience would be able to connect and display the intended response(prevent the use of plastic bags). Hence, option B is the correct answer.

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