satire

What is satire?

• The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images
• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly
• The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme
• A form of zeitgeist

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Satire is a term that only applies to literature.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?

• By modeling correct thought and behavior
• By ridiculing flaws and follies
• By praising achievements and honors
• By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the four strategies of satire refers to imitating another’s technique or style?

• Hyperbole
• Reversal
• Inversion
• Parody

Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise is...

• Sarcasm
• Inversion
• Hyperbole
• Understatement

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, your room looks amazing!"

• Hyperbole
• Parody
• Incongruity
• Sarcasm

What satirical technique is being employed?

• Verbal irony
• Reversal
• Incongruity
• Parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What satirical technique is being employed?

• Hyperbole
• Reversal
• Incongruity
• Parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A critical, bitterly ironic statement, intended to cut or criticize its target

• Incongruity
• Irony
• Satire
• Sarcasm

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What satirical technique is being employed?

• Hyperbole
• Reversal
• Incongruity
• Parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6