Swift’s Reasoning on Satire- Enriching the Text- Double Chunk Paragraph
**Swift’s Reasoning
“Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own;
which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and
that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happen otherwise, the danger is not great;
and I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings
I have been able to provoke: for anger and fury, though they add strength to the sinews of the
body, yet are found to relax those of the mind, and to render all its efforts feeble and impotent.”
—Jonathan Swift, The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces, 1886
Research to Explore
Search for examples of modern-day satire and decide whether you agree or disagree with Swift’s
reasoning in the above quote.**
Thoughts and Findings
How would you feel if you were satirized?
Writing
In a double-chunk paragraph, state whether you agree or disagree with Swift’s reasoning**
and how you would feel if you were satirized. Give examples of modern day satire from your
research in your paragraph.
Be sure to utilize the attached
rubric to help with your
writing as well as to grade
your writing.
Please include what you
think your graded score
should be on the assignment
after grading it using the
rubric yourself
I have included a title and a
place to put what score you
believe that you should have
on the assignment. (no
grade= ZERO)- in the
header
Begin your paragraph on the
next page.
Please be sure to spell check
as conventions are part of the
grading rubric so that would
be part of your grade.
Research to Explore
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Swift’s Reasoning