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Literary Device
holding up human vices and follies to ridicule and scorn
Genre
A work (novel, essay, cartoon) filled with satire
Satire is often used as social criticism, as a way to shame individuals and/or society into changing.
Satire is all around us:
-"South Park"
-"The Simpsons"
-"Family Guy"
-"Saturday Night Live"
-Dave Chappelle
-The Office
-The Onion
-Tosh.O
Verbal: says one thing but means the complete opposite (sarcasm)
Situational: an unexpected happening (incongruity)
-overly sentimental
-aims for serious but ends up causing laughter
-abrupt shift from serious to informal mood/tone
An exaggeration meant to evoke strong feeling or emotion.
using imitation to mock, comment on, or trivialize an original work, its ideas or its creator
Exaggerating the characteristics of a person or object
(stereotype?)
pretending to be serious, or elevating simple things to grandiose stature.
Satire= (tools)serious topic
1) identify the tools
2) identify the serious topic
Satire
Problems with Satire...
Groups of 4 or 5 students
Poster sized product
Select one example of satire: paragraph, cartoon,
or screen capture images from video
Identify at least three tools of satire
Explain author's purpose: why should we laugh
at this serious topic?
In class work: April 10 (select satire)
April 15 (construct poster)
Presentations: April 16
I don't get the context
I laugh at the wrong thing
I'm offended