Satire and usage

Harsh and personal attack on a very particular, recognizable target, often focusing on the target's character, behavior, or habits

• Dramatic Irony

• Lampoon

• Satire

• Folly

What is the definition of Satire?

• a literary form in which human kindness are shown through the use of figuratrive language.

• a literary form in which human follies or vices are held up to ridicule or score.

• a literary form in which the author reveals a hidden message of the character.

• a literary form in which the characters banter with each other back and forth.

uses clever turns of phrase and humorous images to amuse and inform.

• Hyperbole

• Comic Diction

• Absurdity

• none

The __________ weightlifter picked up the car with one hand.

• puny

• mighty

• dismal

• fraud

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

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

To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings  

• parody 
• incongruity
• hyperbole
• understatement

Satire is...

• making fun of something to be entertained

• making fun of something to make change happen

• criticizing something/someone to make them feel bad

• an intense insult

What uses do semi colons have

• Before a quotations, to separate chapter and verse in scripture, to look intelagent.

• Ordinary man ....

• To show ratios, to combine 2 closely related complete sentences, to show passion.

• To combine 2 closely related clauses, to separate complete sentences joined by a conjunctive adverb, to separate items in a list.

to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

• incongruity
• parody
• satire

Which of the following is NOT is not one of the essential 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 essential elements