“A Modest Proposal” MySpace.com Profile Quiz Name: _______________ Blog: Gender: ______________ Relationship Status: ______ Mood/Tone:___________ Country: _____________ Ethnicity: ____________ Occupation: __________ Favorite Food: ________ How Favorite Food Is Best Prepared: ____________ _____________________ Thesis for Solving Hunger: _________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Thesis for Solving Poverty: ________ __________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ How to Make a Political Satire: 3 Parts ______________ Position on Abortion:______ 1 Part _______________ ________________________ 2 Parts ______________ Principal Breeders in His Country: _________________ Four Motives for the Public Good of His Country: _____ _____________________________________________ MySpace.Com Profile Quiz Directions: Imagine you are the narrator for “A Modest Proposal” and you’ve decided to create a MySpace profile. For each heading, provide an accurate response according to events in the plot and create a blog that focuses on your life. Heading Directions: For each major heading, fill in the appropriate answer that most accurately describes the narrator’s profile. For headings that have more than one line for a response, a longer answer is necessary. While the name and profession of the narrator are never specifically mentioned, use the name of the author for “A Modest Proposal” and infer his occupation based on the nature of his arguments in the essay. Blog Directions: In 75 to 100 words, provide a blog entry that would reveal the narrator’s thoughts about the plight of the poor in his country. In your blog, succinctly write about the six reasons he gives to support the thesis of his proposal. Your response must be no fewer than 50 words or you will not receive any credit. Be sure to write this in the box provided for the blog. Yes, you’ll have to write small, but hey, there are worse things in life: dinner at the Swift house! Blog Rubric: Written from the narrator’s point of view, using “I,” “me,” “our,” etc. Specifically summarizes each of the six major reasons of his proposal Written in a satirical tone Response is at least 75 words long Written neatly and small enough to fit in blog box “How to Make a Political Satire” Directions: For this part of the MySpace profile, identify the three common things satire uses to make its point. When mixed together, they will clearly define political satire.