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Satire (in literature): The ridicule of foolish ideas, customs, or a mind set for the purpose of improving
society. 1. It is always about a serious subject 2. It reveals truth 3. Tries to create change
Satire: The art of criticizing a subject by ridiculing it and evoking toward it an attitude of amusement,
contempt, or scorn (example: Dave Chapelle, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, certain comic strips)
Understatement: the technique of creating emphasis by saying less than what is actually or literally true.
Irony: a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would
actually seem.
Sarcasm: a type of verbal irony often in the form of a remark in which the literal meaning is complimentary
but the actual meaning is critical.
Allusion: A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history, literature, or pop culture
Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or for humorous effect.
Juxtaposition: placing expressions or ideas close together, for comparison or contrast
Parody: the imitation of something, particularly literature or a film, that is meant to make fun of it
Wit: intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights
Pun: a play on words, somethime on differents senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar
sense of sound of different words
Directions: Look at the series of comics and answer the questions that follow.
1. Who/what is the object of ridicule?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
1. Who/what is the object of ridicule?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
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1. Who/what is the object of ridicule?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
1. Who/what is the object of ridicule?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?
1. Who/what is the object of ridicule?
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How do you know who/what is being ridiculed?
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What truth is being revealed?
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What tools of satire are being used, and how?