Satire (GRADE BOOSTER)

What is Satire?

• Using humor to make people feel bad

• Using humor to criticize someone or something

• Using humor to make people laugh

• People falling down

What are the two kinds of satire?

• Juicy & Horatian

• Juvenile & Hoary

• Juvenalian & Horatian

• Joobaloo & Hoobaloo

Which satire is generally positive and light-hearted?

• Dominican

• Juvenalian

• Augustinian

• Horatian

Which satire is generally negative and bitter?

• Juvenile

• Juvenalian

• Horatian

• Augustinian

What is Incongruity?

• Something out of place

• Funny imitation

• Opposite of Expected

• Bigger or smaller than reality

What is NOT an example of Exaggeration?

• An ant the size of a mountain

• A mountain the size of an ant

• A duck the size of a duck

• A desk the size of a mountain

When what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• sarcasm

A figure of speech in which what is actually meant is expressed by lessening or negating the full significance of the moment

• understatement

• sarcasm

• parody

• hyperbole/

  overstatement

What is the main goal of satire?

• To encourage people to ignore societal issues

• To point out flaws in society and promote awareness or change

• To make fun of individuals for their shortcomings

• To create fictional stories for entertainment purposes

What satirical technique is being employed?

• Caricature

• Invective

• Incongruity

• Parody