Artists use caricature to distort the human face or comic affect, while at the same time 【1】______ capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the 【2】______ essence of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact the caricature is【3】______ recognizable, and yet exaggerated. From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, 【4】______ caricature grew through the eighteenth and nineteenth century, becoming enormously popular 【5】______ in the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially, this lively form. of illustration was appeared in newspapers and magazines through- 【6】______ out the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his【7】______ portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In【8】______ spirit their work was close to the humor of the fast-【9】______ developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended by their amiable at- 【10】______ tacks. 【M1】