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Satire Unit
Matching of terms
3 sections of play/poem/passages
* you will have a hard copy of poem, some of the passage, and NONE of the play
short answer
multiple choice
true or false
Matching
Rhetorical Analysis (mini essay)
about 4 weeks
SATIRE
Notes/Terminology
Passages/poems
- The Flea
- A Modest Proposal
- "How to write an 'F' paper"
Parody Project
movie or paper
Reading/watching a satirical play:
The Importance of Being Earnest
Grading Satirical AP responses
Types of Satire
Satirical Terms and Devices continued...
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Horatian: the speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings; not looking for anger
Juvenalian: addresses social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule. This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm, moral indignation and personal invective, with less emphasis on humor.
9. Diction: the satirist may choose words that are deliberately meant to shock the reader.
some tone words used to describe satires: facetious, mocking, flippant, indignant, vehement, and bitter
Satirical Terms and Devices
Irony:
1. verbal irony: a discrepancy of what is said and what is meant
2. dramatic irony: the audience knows something a character does not
3. irony of fate (situational irony): a discrepancy between what is expected or hoped for and the actual outcome of events
More devices:
4. Hyperbole: exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect
5. Understatement: a statement that says less than is actually or literally true
6. Sarcasm: a critical, scornful statement expressed as verbal irony
7. Incongruity: the result of combining inappropriate or unfitting elements
We will do a Parody Project! Remind me to show you last year
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10. Parody: an imitation of style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
Satirical Terms and Devices continued...
8. Verisimilitude: appearance of truth in literature--when the details are far-fetched--but the reader accepts them (at least for a moment)
11. Structure: organized in a way to build to a point or create suspense
12. Theme: the primary target of satire is a problem the writer wants the audience to recognize and/or change. The issue may be social, political, or cultural
13. Persona: the writer may pretend to be someone else, to be a type of person he/she is really not, or to have attitudes and beliefs he/she really does not hold.
Analyzing Satirical Pieces
- Reading "How to Write an F paper"
( I will call on random people to read each paragraph--so make sure you're reading along!)
What are we looking for as we read?
- WHAT was the message?
- HOW did he get that message across?
- EXAMPLES (give examples for each observation)