1. Fairy Tales and Satire: Shrek Examples: Exaggeration – Princess Fiona fights and successfully defeats Robin Hood and all of his Merry Men without any help and without any weapons. Incongruity – Princess Fiona uses her ponytail to deliver a knockout punch to one of the Merry Men. While frozen in a mid-air martial arts kick, Princess Fiona pauses to fix her disheveled hair before knocking out two of the Merry Men. Reversal – The roles of the hero and the damsel in distress have been reversed. In this clip, it is Princess Fiona, the rescuee, who fights and defeats the foe. Parody – The fight scene is an exaggerated imitation of the martial arts style and special effects used in movies such as The Matrixand Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. – Robin Hood and his Merry Men also parody the musicals of West Side Story and Riverdance/ Lord of the Dance in their song.

2. Fairy Tales and Satire: Shrek Underneath your examples, please answer the following: 1. Identify the primary comment or criticism about society that is being made by the satirical techniques in this clip from Shrek. 2. What, then, is this satire asking us to change? If you’re having a brain fart, consider this question to help you out: what is the underlying lesson or unwritten moral in the story?

3. “Budget” article practice 1. Read 2. Highlight examples of techniques and annotate (find 2, highlight multiple examples)

4. Educational Budgets: tie it all together So, what was the purpose of this article about American education and its budget? Why use satire to convey his message? As you consider your response to these questions, I’d like you to frame it like a letter to your friend. Your poor friend, alas, is not in this awesome English class and is not familiar with this article and the issue it satorizes. Your task is to write them a letter explaining the article and answering the above questions with your own opinion. Remember letter-writing conventions! Dear So-and-so, 1.Briefly summarize the article and the definition of satire. 2.Explain what social issue(s) the article satorizes that is being made by the satirical techniques. (how do the techniques you found make this satirical?) 3.Argue, then, what this satire asking us to change? (In case you need help starting for #2 and 3) This article satorizes ______________ through the techniques of _____ and _______. _______ is utilized in particular to address the issue of _______ because it demonstrates/illustrates/shows/reveals _________(the purpose of the satire/what needs to be addressed and changed in society or social values). Sincerely, Me