Which of the following best describes irony within political cartoons? a. showing the difference between the way things are and the way they should be or are expected to be. b. a comparison based on similarities between the features of two separate things. c. an illustration which ludicrously exaggerates the features of a person or thing. d. generalizations which are often exaggerated or over-simplified, often offensive.

D. Generalizations which are often exaggerated or over-simplified, often offensive. This is because political cartoons themselves are often overly exaggerated and offensive.

the right answer is d

answer: i looked it up

explanation: in 1955 in montgomery, alabama, a girl refused to give up her seat on a public bus. the girl was black, and the passenger looking to take her seat was white. this is a familiar tale, but it's not about rosa parks. the girl in the story is a 15-year-old high school student named claudette colvin, and this act of defiance occurred nine months before rosa parks did the same thing. colvin was arrested, and her case is what led to the u.s. supreme court's order for the desegregation of alabama's bus system. so, why don't we know colvin's name? "later i had a child born out of wedlock; i became pregnant when i was 16," colvin says. "and i didn't fit the image either, of, you know, someone they would want to show off.