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WorksheetsSatire
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
What is satire?
a)
The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images
b)
The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly
c)
The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme
d)
A form of zeitgeist
2.
Satire is a term that only applies to literature.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
The main purpose of Satire is to...
a)
Agree with something
b)
Make people laugh
c)
Criticize something
d)
To bring about change
4.
How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?
a)
By modeling correct thought and behavior
b)
By ridiculing flaws and follies
c)
By praising achievements and honors
d)
By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong
5.
Which of the four strategies of satire refers to imitating another’s technique or style?
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Reversal
c)
Inversion
d)
Parody
6.
Hyperbole is…
a)
A figure of speech which uses exaggeration
b)
A type of simile
c)
A figure of speech which uses understatement
d)
A type of metaphor
7.
Which of the following is NOT is not one of the essential elements of satire?
a)
Making fun of an idea, person, or institution
b)
Use of irony
c)
Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.
d)
All of the above are essential elements
8.
A literary technique where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows is ironic, but the characters don’t
a)
Irony
b)
Dramatic Irony
c)
Satire
d)
Sarcasm
9.
The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen
a)
dramatic irony
b)
situational irony
c)
reversal
d)
caricature
10.
The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know
a)
situational irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
dramatic irony
d)
parody
11.
a)
Parody
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Sarcasm
d)
Dramatic Irony
12.
a)
Sarcasm
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Parody
d)
Dramatic Irony
13.
To present things that are out of place or absurd.
a)
sarcasm
b)
incongruity
c)
understatement
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