Understanding Satire

Understanding Satire

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main theme of the poem written about the new principal?

It praises the principal's organizational skills.

It humorously criticizes the principal's incompetence.

It highlights the principal's academic achievements.

It focuses on the principal's popularity among students.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a tool commonly used in satire?

Exaggeration

Ridicule

Irony

Literal interpretation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the original form of satire when the term was first used?

Comedic plays

Satirical poems

Political cartoons

News articles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does satire encourage its audience to think?

By focusing solely on humor

By offering entertainment without any deeper meaning

By promoting skepticism and critical thinking

By providing factual information

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what way can satire be a powerful form of protest?

By using complex language

By pointing out flawed logic with wit and humor

By avoiding controversial topics

By focusing on personal attacks