Satire Year 10

What is satire?

• It involves representing people in a harsh manner to ridicule them

• The use of techniques such as; sarcasm, parody, exaggeration and irony to attack and ridicule its target.

• The use of imagery to criticize societies flaws

• Information used to create humorous representations of people

Who are the three audiences satire?

• those who read it, those who don't and those that ignore it

• people who see it as harsh, people who see it as funny and people who change their mind

• Those who agree with the cartoonist point of view, those who disagree and those who can be persuaded

• Those who it makes sense to, those who are confused by it and those that choose not to read it

What are the four key elements used when analysing satirical texts?

• context, target, style and message

• content, style, audience and tone

• context, content, delivery, mode

What are the names of the two tone techniques?

What are the names of the two exaggeration techniques?

• burlesque and irony

• caricature and burlesque

• dramatic and verbal

• caricature and exaggeration

Which irony technique name is missing; dramatic irony, situational irony and .....

What is the name for the technique that involves the words, speech bubbles or brief explanation used in satire texts?

What is the technique that involves the use of a simple object that stands for larger concepts or deeper meaning?

• Tone

• Irony

• Parody

• Symbolism

What does context refer to when analyzing satire texts?

• what the cartoonist is responding too

• who is being ridiculed

• what you can see in the image

What does target refer to when analyzing satire texts?

• the people who agree with the cartoon

• people who should change their point of view

• the person or event that is being made fun of