PPT-Bicentennial - Satire

Success Criteria You will be able to identify and comment on how and why satire is used as a poetic device Satire What is satire In pairs brainstorm what you think satire might be See if you can provide any examples. Among other activities these commissions worked with the local forester to develop a list of trees that were thought to be alive at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence Some foresters took increment bore samples others relied o Great Expectations. English 1 CAS. Satire. In a literary work, satire is writing that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as:. Exaggeration. Reversal (irony). Incongruity (things that don’t match up or make sense). A brief overview. Night class – Spring 2013. What is satire?. Satire is a style of rhetoric that exposes vices and foolishness in people and society . Satire generally uses humor, irony, sarcasm, and other techniques to get an emotional reaction from the audience. Dr. Maier. Satire. Definition: A genre that pokes fun at some element of society (or society as a whole) and often uses laughter as a means of correcting vice.. . Horatian versus Juvenalian Satire. Horatian Satire: pokes fun at society through good-natured and playful humor. . Satire. Satire tries to . persuade. the reader to believe or to do something by showing the . opposite. view as . absurd, vicious, . or . inhumane.. Satire is partially so complex, because it addresses . Introduction & Use. What is Satire?. Artistic form in which individual or human vices, abuses, or shortcomings are . criticized . using certain characteristics or . methods.. Usually found in dramas and literature, but popping up in modern media forms such as cartoons, film, and other visual . roots:. bi/du = two. bicuspid (n). A two pointed tooth located on the side of the jaw.. Example:. I had to get one of my . bicuspids. removed because the . cavity was causing me great pain.. biped (n). ENG 3UI . Literary Terms. describe . types of . stories . used . throughout literary history and describe many famous . works. may . be told in prose or in . verse . An . individual story may fall under one or multiple combinations of these . Humor for the intelligent—. will you get it? . Satire Defined . One of the oldest forms of literature and one of the most durable. A constructive art that seeks not merely to destroy but to rebuild; aim is to inspire reform. Represent a point of view. Make an argument. Aim to provoke thought about an issue. Reveal cultural assumptions, prevailing moods, and sometimes real insights about events and . trends. Can be visual, musical, print, video, etc.. Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison. and Richard Steele, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Wit. noun. . : an ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. . a person who is known for making clever and funny . Thomas McClure. What is Satire?. Satire is a . genre of literature, and . sometimes . other medias, . in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into . Education. March 3, 1817. Creation of Alabama Territory. December 14, 1819. Creation of the State of Alabama. March 3, 2017 – December 14, 2019. Alabama Bicentennial Commemoration . Becoming Alabama. Week 1 Vocabulary Review (English IV) My grandfather, who is considered a __________ because he is 83 years old, still acts as if he is in his twenties . octogenarian centenarian tithe millennium