PPT-Satire

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. 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). Understanding the works of Swift. . Satire: a technical definition. “… the literary art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking towards it attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation” (Abrams, . 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.. Do you have the tools to complete the picture?. I . . Mark Twain. First, LET ME BE COMPLETELY HONEST….. Satire Day – Warm Up. Warm up – Read “Corn Pone Opinions” on page . 81 of the GPS. 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. . . Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:. "first make people laugh, and then make them think.". Definition of Satire. A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, . What is satire?. Definition of satire: any piece of writing designed to make its readers feel critical of themselves, of their fellow human beings, or of society. Satire can be either subtle or exaggerated.. What is a satire?. A satire is any piece of writing or graphic media designed to make its readers feel . critical . – of themselves, of their fellow human beings, and of their society. . Satire is usually directed at humanity in general, but can also target a specific group or individual.. Satire’s Bodies: Horace (II). ‘. This satire itself requires the immoral body as the . fons. et . origo. . of its own speech’. . Gunderson ‘The libidinal rhetoric of satire’ in . 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 . Satire is a literary genre in which human vices or shortcomings are highlighted (often through sarcasm or irony), with the intent to bring about improvement. . Purpose: . while satire is usually funny, it has a serious purpose – the author wants to try to fix the problems of society. . 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 .