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As you watch and listen, write down 3-4
things you notice that characterize the
following video and audio clips
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Jon Stewart "Fox News“
George Carlin "Icebox Man“
Weird Al "Amish Paradise"
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In your groups, look at the political cartoon
and the object. What do you notice?
Look for commonalities among all of your
observations.
Decide on a group definition of SATIRE. What
is it? What is it not? What techniques do
people use to create it?
Definition of Satire:
Any work (TV, Movie, Short Story, Novel, Art, etc.) that uses wit or humor to critique or
criticize human behavior, human nature, and/or social institutions (i.e. laws, school,
government, religion, etc.). The point of satire is to change/modify its target (the thing it
critiques/criticizes).
Techniques:
Irony: the term used to describe the contrast between what appears to be and
what really is. Irony often highlights a gap between reality and our expectations or
beliefs.
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Verbal irony: a mode of expression in which the author says one thing, but means the
opposite
Situational irony: an outcome of events that is contrary to what would normally be
expected/hoped for
Dramatic irony: events or facts not known to a character are known to another character
and the reader
Hyperbole: a figure of speech involving great exaggeration; the effect may be
satiric, sentimental, or comical
Understatement: a figure of speech that downplays something’s importance; the
opposite of hyperbole; the effect may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Inversion: a reversal, or twisting of something; turning something into its opposite
Dark Humor: the use of humor to temper, or reduce the sadness or negativity of a
situation; dark humor is often ironic, and uses the irony to make a point
The term used to describe the contrast between
what appears to be and what really is. Irony
often highlights a gap between reality and our
expectations or beliefs.
◦ Verbal irony: a mode of expression in which the
author says one thing, but means the opposite
◦ Situational irony: an outcome of events that is
contrary to what would normally be expected/hoped
for
◦ Dramatic irony: events or facts not known to a
character are known to another character and the
reader
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a figure of speech involving great exaggeration; the
effect may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Example: “My mother is blessed with the trait of
disorganization”
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a figure of speech that downplays something’s
importance; the opposite of hyperbole; the effect
may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Example: ?
Colbert-"Gatsby"
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a reversal, or twisting of something; turning
something into its opposite
Example: Substitute teacher video
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the use of humor to temper, or reduce the sadness
or negativity of a situation; dark humor is often
ironic, and uses the irony to make a point
Example: The Bosnian’s First Day of School
video