WorksheetsSatire and usage
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
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.
What rhetorical device is being used in the image?
Parody
Hyperbole
Ambiguity
Caricature
What device is used in the image?
hyperbole
incongruity
understatement
satire
In a Capitalist countries, some people are _____ and some are ____ and the resources are ______ distributed.
rich, poor, evenly
rich, poor unevenly
lazy, poor, unevenly
silly or ridiculous
Ludicrous
Inclement
Precipitate
Seminar
To present the opposite of the normal order
ambiguity
ambiguous
reversal
parody
cheerful; merry
jocose
bacchanal
elegy
jocular
attempting to impress (by looks, money, etc....)
melancholy
omniscient
foreboding
pretentious
Which of the countries above is portrayed to be less intrested in studying?
China
USA
India
All of the above
The erudite student graduated at the top of her class.
Based on the definition and synonyms for this word, you can tell that he student was:
rude
sarcastic
bookish
erratic
Posting a series of flattering comments on a celebrity's social media to:
Offend others
Gain favor or approval
Show independence
Demonstrate skill
