1. Satire
A brief overview

2. What is satire?
Satire is a style of rhetoric that exposes vices and foolishness in people and society
Satire generally uses humor, irony, sarcasm, and other techniques to get an emotional reaction from the audience
Satire often aims to create political or social change

3. Types of Satire Horatian Juvenalian
Pokes fun at human foibles (quirks, shortcomings) and folly, with witty, gentle, even indulgent tone.
Juvenalian
Denounces, sometimes harshly, human vice and error in dignified and solemn tones.

4. Elements of Satire Parody Imitating someone for comedic effect
Often includes the use of other techniques (hyperbole, irony, etc.)
Example: Weird Al Word Crimes

5. Elements of Satire Irony
Using words in a way that conveys the opposite of their literal meaning
Can be used to show difference between appearance and reality
Overturning expectations
Example: Star Trek reviews - Maybehttp://youtu.be/02LgdXVkXgM

6. Elements of Satire Hyperbole Also called exaggeration
In satire, hyperbole is used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme
Examples: Google opt-out -

7. Elements of Satire Understatement
Like hyperbole, this is a type of exaggeration
Can be used to make a situation or idea seem less important than it really is
Example: “Just right” -

8. Elements of Satire Caricature
Exaggeration or distortion of an person’s physical features to the point of making that individual appear ridiculous.
Example:

9. Elements of Satire Wit A clever expression
Usually through clever word play
Example: What’s the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
Why was the little ink drop crying?

10. Elements of Satire Sarcasm Like irony, but more “mean”
Usually used to mock a person, situation, or idea
Example: “Weirauch, you’re really cool.”

11. Elements of Satire Ridicule
Intended to belittle a person or idea and arouse contemptuous laughter.
Makes the topic seem ridiculous, laughable.
Example: John Oliver
Misleading food labels

12. Elements of Satire Invective
Abuses, denounces, or attacks the subject.
Heavy use of negative emotive language.
Example: “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” Mae West
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” Oscar Wilde
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” Billy Wilder
"A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." (King James I, "Counterblast to Tobacco")

13. Elements of Satire Incongruity
Putting things together that normally wouldn’t go together
This can be used to make ordinary things seem ridiculous
Example: Obama teleprompter -

14. Potential Problems with Satire
Misunderstanding: Audience may think the satirist is being serious
Misuse: People hide behind the idea of satire to get away with saying really stupid and cruel things
Missing the Point: Too much satire can distract the audience from the “real” message

15. When analyzing satire, consider… SOAPS
Subject: What is the main idea?
Occasion: What current event/trend is the author reacting to?
Audience: What person/group is the satire targeting?

16. SOAPS
Purpose: What is the “real” message behind the satire? What should be changed?
Speaker: How does the author create credibility? Why should we trust this person?