1. Satire
English IV

2. What is satire?
A literary technique in which behaviors or institutions (govt., religion, school, etc.) are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society
Satire’s Goal: poke fun at human faults and foolishness in order to correct human behavior…CHANGE

3. Satire in Pop Culture
Are you familiar with any of these images?

6. Techniques of Satire
Satire is achieved through the use of the following techniques:
Exaggeration
Incongruity
Reversal
Parody

7. Exaggeration
To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.
Ex. 2 years supply of ketchup packets

8. Incongruity
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

9. Reversal
To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order).
Ex. Onion article about children use monitor to listen to crying adults

10. Parody
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.
Example: SNL skits