1. SAT · IRE ˈ SA ˌ TĪ ( Ə ) R / Noun Definition: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Related Words: mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature, irony, sarcasm, parody, burlesque, caricature, lampoon, skit, spoof, takeoff

2. J OURNAL : 13 O CTOBER 2015 What do you need to know to explain this cartoon? Talk to your neighbor about possible meanings, and then… WRITE a sentence for each of the following: the author’s subject purpose how effectively he gets across his meaning

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4. P OINTS TO R EMEMBER R EGARDING S ATIRE A literary work that ridicules its subject in order to make a comment or criticism about it. Although satire is usually witty, and often very funny, the purpose of satire is to criticize in order to shame someone or something into reform. Satire usually has a definite target, which may be a person or group of people, an idea or attitude, an institution, or a social practice.

5. W HAT D OES S ATIRE L OOK L IKE ? It is a manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions.

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7. W HAT ABOUT L ITERATURE AND WRITTEN TEXT ? - Truth Author is Trying to Reveal? - Specific and Purposeful Choices Made by Author to Communica te Larger Message? - Larger Message? - Target Audience? - Impact and Significance Today?

8. F ILM C LIP A NALYSIS OF S ATIRE How does this text function? What does the author of this text hope to accomplish? Who is the target audience, and how do you know? What is the larger message? Is the piece effective, why or why not? What do these texts have in common? What are their differences? How do you account for those differences?

9. T WO T YPES AND T WO M ETHODS Horatian – Good natured criticism Aims to correct with sympathetic laughter Juvenalian – Bitterly cynical denunciation It points with contempt and moral indignation to the corruption and evil of human beings and institutions. More than a little bit prone to references to things society finds taboo or disgusting (bodily functions, sexuality, etc.) Direct or Indirect Satire

10. JUVENALIAN Uses sharp sarcasm to criticize social issues. Juvenalian satirists seek to push the boundary of tolerance in their audience. They typically address social mores, which are more serious than folkways. Unlike Horatian satire there is less emphasis on humor and a larger emphasis on morals.

11. D IRECT S ATIRE a first-person speaker addresses either the reader or a character within the work (the adversarius ) whose conversation helps further the speaker's purposes I NDIRECT S ATIRE o Expressed through a narrative o Characters or groups who are the focus of the satire are ridiculed not by what is said about them, but by what they themselves say and do. o Much of the great literary satire is indirect.

12. I NDIRECT S ATIRE The Simpsons Family Guy South Park Brave New World Great Expectations Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3 Chappelle’s Show Clueless Saturday Night Live MAD TV Naked Gun The Truman Show Scrubs Huckleberry Finn ? What are Your Examples ?

13. F OUR T ECHNIQUES OF SATIRE 1. Exaggeration To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. 2. Incongruity To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to their surroundings. 3. Reversal To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events hierarchical order). 4. Parody To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place or thing.

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