Mr. Tarallo: Satire

The MAIN purpose of Satire is to...

• Agree with something

• Make people laugh

• Criticize something

• To bring about change

How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?

• By modeling correct thought and behavior

• By ridiculing/criticizing flaws and follies

• By praising achievements and honors

• By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Satire is a term that only applies to literature.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is satire?

• The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images

• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration, etc., to mock vices and follies

• The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme

• A form of zeitgeist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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

• Hyperbole

• Reversal

• Exaggeration

• Parody

Hyperbole is…

• A figure of speech which uses extreme exaggeration

• A type of simile

• A figure of speech which uses understatement

• A type of metaphor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is NOT is not one of the elements of satire?

• Making fun of an idea, person, or institution

• Use of irony

• Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.

• All of the above are elements of satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen:

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• understatement

• verbal irony

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know

• situational irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• parody

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

• Parody
• Verbal Irony
• Sarcasm
• Dramatic Irony