Identifying and Using Satire
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Satire is a way of making fun of people by using silly or exaggerated language. Politicians are easy targets for satire, especially when they're acting self-righteous or hypocritical.Even though the ridiculous language of satire isn't intended to be taken seriously, well-made satire can use mockery to get at more serious truths. Sometimes satire can even overtake reality: when the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live presented a mock debate between Al Gore and George W. Bush during the 2000 presidential campaign season, the satire was so dead-on that it influenced the way people thought of the candidates.
The statement above is an example of...
formal definition
informal definition
extended definition
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is satire?
The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images
The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly
The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme
A form of zeitgeist
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Satire is a term that only applies to literature.
True
False
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The main purpose of Satire is to...
Agree with something
Make people laugh
Criticize something
To bring about change
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
5.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of satire is this mostly representative of? (a) (b)
Exaggeration
Incongruity
Reversal
Parody
6.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of satire is this mostly representative of? (a) (b)
Incongruity
Exaggeration
Parody
Reversal
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CCSS.RI.11-12.7
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
7.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What kind of satire is this mostly representative of? (a)
Exaggeration
Parody
Reversal
Incongruity
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
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