Key Terms

3. Key Terms

4. Famous Satirists

5. “A Modest Proposal”

6. Political Cartoons

7. Talking Pictures

8. Potpourri

9. “A Modest Proposal” Political Cartoons Key Terms Famous Satirists Potpourri Talking Pictures $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

10. 1 - 100 The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.

11. 1 - 100 What is satire? $100

12. 1 - 100 To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.

13. 1 - 100 What is exaggeration? $200

14. To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

15. 1 - 100 What is parody? $300

16. 1 - 100 To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order).

17. What is reversal? $400

18. To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

19. What is incongruity? $500

20. 1 - 100 This 18th century satirists was exiled to Ireland after causing too much trouble in his native England.

21. 1 - 100 Who was Jonathan Swift? $100

22. This modern satirist is known for his parody of Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly.

23. 1 - 100 Who is Stephen Colbert? $200

24. This pioneer of musical satire has covered everyone from Michael Jackson to Chamillionaire.

25. 1 - 100 Who is Weird Al Yankovich? $300

26. This satirical newspaper has been making headlines since 1988.

27. 1 - 100 What is The Onion? $400

28. This famous satirist, known for classic works such as Huckleberry Finn, took his pseudonym from a measure of depth.

29. 1 - 100 Who is Samuel Clemens? (Mark Twain) $500

30. 1 - 100 According to the narrator of “A Modest Proposal,” at what age is a child best suited to serve as the solution to the problem he identifies?

31. 1 - 100 What is one year? $100

32. Following a lengthy "digression" (involving testimony from an "American acquaintance"), the narrator enumerates several more advantages to his proposal. Which one of the following is not one of the advantages that he describes?

33. (A) increasing the care and tenderness of mothers toward their children(B) bringing “great custom” to taverns(C) serving as a great inducement to marriage(D) relieving “constant breeders” of the expense of raising their children beyond a certain age(E) encouraging young children to mind their manners and obey their parents 1 - 100 $200

34. What is the one objection that the narrator thinks might "possibly be raised against this proposal"?

35. 1 - 100 It will reduce the number of people in the kingdom. $300

36. In the final sentence of the essay, Swift attempts to demonstrate his sincerity and lack of self-interest by revealing what information?

37. 1 - 100 He will gain nothing by having no children to sell. $400

38. This is Swift’s persona, or character he assumes.

39. 1 - 100 What is “the Projector?” $500

40. 1 - 100 Identify the criticism and literary technique.

41. 1 - 100 The oppressive nature of student loans Exaggeration $100

42. Identify the criticism and literary technique.

43. 1 - 100 Guns take the lives of children Exaggeration, incongruity $200

44. Identify the criticism and literary technique.

45. 1 - 100 Politicians are “pigs” fighting over scraps of “food” from the American people. Exaggeration $300

46. Identify the criticism and literary technique.

47. 1 - 100 American justice has suffered with the events surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin. Incongruity, parody $400

48. Identify the criticism and literary technique.

49. While movies are making millions of dollars, people around the world are starving. Exaggeration, Incongruity 1 - 100 $500

50. 1 - 100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iYBmAVuBns Identify the criticism and literary technique.