Satire and Irony

What is satire?

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

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

• A form of zeitgeist

• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The main purpose of satire is to

• agree with something

• criticize something

• make people laugh

• to bring about change

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

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.11-12.6

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

• hyperbole

• inversion

• parody

• reversal

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Hyperbole is…

• A figure of speech which uses exaggeration

• A figure of speech which uses understatement

• A type of simile

• A type of metaphor

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A literary technique where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows is ironic, but the characters don’t

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• understatement

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CCSS.L.8.5A

"I only have four tests tomorrow - no biggie."

• hyperbole

• parody

• understatement

• irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A greenhouse owner can't keep any of his plants alive at his own house.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

My cat is as big as an elephant.

• verbal irony

• hyperbole

• understatement

• parody

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A