Satire Review

If something is benign, it is...

• Satire Techniques & Terminology

• something that goes against a rule or belief

• cruel

• harmless

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

If something it malign, it is...

• harmless

• something that goes against a rule or belief

• hyperbole

• malicious and cruel

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is a violation?

• something that goes against a rule, belief, or formal agreement

• something that is malicious

• something that is harmless

• an exaggerated statement

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Satire is used to criticize...

• Humanity

• Individuals

• Institutions

• Behavior

If something is ambiguous, it...

• should be taken literally

• has multiple meanings and interpretations

• goes against your beliefs

• has a single meaning

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Reversal is...

• a technique used to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing

• when what is said or done is opposite of what is meant

• a message with multiple meanings or interpretations

• to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Incongruity is...

• imitates the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

• exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• when the appearance of the thing is opposite of the reality

• something that seems out of place or out of character

Verbal irony is...

• when normal rules are reversed in order

• persuading through credibility

• when what is said, is opposite of what is meant

• seeks to address some evil in society through ridicule and scorn

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A police station being robbed is an example of what?

• situational irony

• sarcasm

• understatement

• reversal

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What technique describes when what a character says or thinks is not what the reader, audience, or other characters know to be true

• incongruity

• hyperbole

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3