Satire Notes Review

Which is not a necessary element of satire?

• Humor

• Mockery

• Jokes

• Ridicule

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Satire is a ​ (a)   genre of ​ (b)   that uses humor and ridicule to expose flaws and ​ (c)   of individuals, corporations, a ​ (d)   , or society as a whole.

• literary
• shortcomings
• government
• art
• science
• strengths

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Satire aims to _________ change by laughing at those being mocked.

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The target of satire is often some human _______ or weakness.

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Which of the following do satirists try to point out by mocking something through humor? (Hint: It may be more than one.)

• Hypocrisy

• Positivity

• Good Work

• Inconsistency

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Why does satire rely on the author's trust of an audience?

• The author actually doesn't need to trust the audience.

• The author has to trust that the audience will know what is serious/literal (right) and what is satirical (wrong.)

• The author has to trust that the audience will be able to correctly label all of the literary and satirical devices they used.

• The author has to trust that the audience will take them seriously and realize how angry they are.

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Anytime words are used to convey a meaning that is opposite of the literal definition, that is called ​ (a)   . ​ (b)   is when a person or character says the opposite of what they mean, and it is also known as ​ (c)   . ​ (d)   occurs when the audience knows more than the characters. ​ (e)   occurs when the opposite of what is expected happens in a story or real life.

• irony
• Verbal irony
• sarcasm
• Dramatic irony
• Situational irony

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Organize these options into the right categories.

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(a) Parody

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(b) Not Parody

• Weird Al rewrites a song to have silly lyrics.

• A movie is made that makes fun of popular tropes used in movies that are supposed to be serious.

• Someone write an original satirical song.

• An author writes a joke book full of inside jokes shared between characters in a TV show.

• A satirical commercial makes fun of a real commercial.

• A singer performs a cover song of another singer's music.

• Someone writes a short story that makes fun of a popular book.

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Match the following examples of satire to the satirical device they are using.

• Exaggeration

• Someone who thinks a politician is lazy says, "he sleeps for 15 hours a day!"

• Reversal

• A singer rewrites Britney Spears' "Oops! ... I Did It Again" as "Oops! I Hit It Again" to make fun of bad drivers.

• Incongruity

• An obviously rich person asks for money on the sidewalk while an obviously poor person walks by and refuses to help.

• Dramatic Irony

• A five-year-old is sitting in a high school algebra class.

• Parody

• A mom throws away a plastic shopping bag she thinks is empty, but the audience knows there is a gold necklace still inside.

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Organize these satirical statements into the right categories.

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(a) Exaggeration

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(b) Hyperbole

• "I'm so hungry, I could eat a whole cow!"

• "I love cookies; I could eat a whole plateful for dinner."

• "Why did it take them a billion years to make season 2 of my favorite show?"

• "I'm so excited; I could scream!"

• "I'm so fast I can run a million miles an hour."

• "I'm so tired I could sleep for weeks."

• "The fish I caught this weekend was like, 3 feet long."

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