They couldn’t
have forgotten
AGAIN!!!
Socratic Reflection & 3-Level Questions
• Name some of the
typical elements of a
fairy tale
• How does the story
usually begin? End?
• What if things went a
little differently?
What is that called?
• Any kind of writing or
speaking or art that
ridicules or mocks
some weakness in
individuals or in the
society. The main
weapon of the satirist
is laughter.
• The purpose of satire is
to critique a person,
idea, or institution
• The medium of satire is
usually humor
(including irony and
exaggeration)
– Humor is like a weapon
an author uses to
criticize a person, idea,
or institution
• Satire often uses irony,
or a contrast between
expectation and reality
• 3 Types of Irony
– Verbal
– Situational
– Dramatic
• Saying one thing but
meaning another (being
sarcastic)
• EXAMPLE: A student
plays Angry Birds
instead of taking notes.
Mrs. Dusto says to the
student, “I’m sure the
hand-eye coordination
skills you’re learning are
more important than
the literary terms I am
teaching you.”
• A contrast between
what would seem
appropriate or what we
expect to happen and
what really happens
• EXAMPLE: After
sleeping through Mrs.
Dusto’s class for 2
weeks and forgetting to
bring his copy of Animal
Farm to class, a student
aces an in-class Animal
Farm essay.
• When the audience or
reader knows
something important
that a character in a
play or novel (or movie)
does not
• EXAMPLE: Mrs. Dusto is
hiding in the book
room. All the students
see her hide…except for
the tardy student. The
other students tell him
to go get a book
because they know Mrs.
Dusto will scare him.
• Make Connections,
Question, and Predict
as we read
• Label 2 parts of the
story in which you
believe the story is
ridiculing or mocking a
weakness of the
characters or of
society as a whole.
Example #1
Example #2
Prompt: How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?
__(author)_______ in ________(title)_____________ suggests that X is
___(theme & definition of satire)_____________________________________.
__(author)______ in “_____(title)______” ultimately suggests to the reader the
idea that ___(theme & definition of satire)_______________________________.
In “______(title)_________” _______(author)_________ discusses the idea that
__(theme & definition of satire)____________________ .
In “__(title)___________," ____(author)_______________ plays with the idea of
__________(theme & definition of satire)_____________ .
In these sentences, you must paraphrase. You cannot put a quote
in your thesis/topic sentence!
Prompt: How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?
These are for sentences 2 & 5:
1. X argues that “______________” ( ).
2. According to X, “_______” ( ).
3. (Topic), X points out, is “__________” ( ).
4. (Text title) is focused upon, “_______________” ( ).
5. (Character)(claims, notes, observes) that “________” ( ).
6. As X notes, “_____________” ( ).
7. It can be argued, as X does, that “__________” ( ).
How is “The Princess and the Tin Box” satire?
– 1: __(insert topic sentence here) _____________
– 2: __(insert sentence 2 here) ________________
– 3: ______________________________________
– 4: ______________________________________
– 5: __(insert sentence 5 here) ________________
– 6: ______________________________________
– 7: ______________________________________
– 8: ______________________________________
You write the rest. Type it and turn it in to turnitin.com
Due Sunday 11/11/12 by midnight
– “Princess” as satire power paragraph
• BLUE 1: DUE SUNDAY 11/11/12 by midnight to
Turnitin.com
• RED 2: DUE MONDAY 11/12/12 by midnight to
Turnitin.com
– Access notes about satire on Mrs. Dusto’s wiki
from James Thurber’s “The Princess and the Tin Box”
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