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Satire

Drawing attention to a social vice or problem using humor, either comical or dark, using a variety of literary devices. Satire. 1. Horatian : playful and amusing seeks to correct vice with gentle laughter. Examples: Simpsons, SNL, The Daily Show

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Satire

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  1. Drawing attention to a social vice or problem using humor, either comical or dark, using a variety of literary devices. Satire

  2. 1. Horatian:playful and amusing seeks to correct vice with gentle laughter. • Examples: Simpsons, SNL, The Daily Show • 2. Juvenalian: dark, depressing comedic elements attacks vice with scorn and outrage. • Examples: Modest Proposal, Lord of the Flies Satire – Two types

  3. Types of Satire • Parody • Making fun of someone or something by imitating them and mocking them. • Saturday Night Live and politicians • Weird Al • Original Song: Beat It • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=oRdxUFDoQe0&NR=1&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • Eat it: Parody of Beat It • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJjMnHoIBI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  4. Satire • Hyperbole: over exaggeration of something. • Taking something and really blowing it out of proportion for attention. • They add a mental picture to writing. And can also be metaphors or similes. • “These books weigh a ton.” • “You could have knocked me over with a feather.” • “That new car costs a bazillion dollars.”

  5. Satire • Juxtaposition:arrangement of two or more ideas, characters, actions, settings, phrases, or words side-by-side for the purpose of comparison, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development.

  6. Satire/Irony • Irony is the most commonly used form of satire. • Students use it every day in a variety of ways. • Can be found in many memes. • Definition:contrast between expectation and reality. A twist in what you think will happen.

  7. Satire/Irony • Sarcasm: verbal irony. • Example: “I see you’re not hungry today.” said to someone with a massive plate of food. • “Welcome to the world zombie.” said to someone who sleeps a lot. • Family guy example: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBztjzDr0fM&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • Big Bang: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qzeflmJvEU&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  8. Overstatement: Hyperbole or exaggeration Satire/Irony

  9. Satire/Irony • Understatement: saying less than what one means • Plate piled with food: this seems a good bite--less than truth

  10. Satire/Irony • Dramatic Irony: occurs when the reader or viewer knows something the characters do not. • Most often found in sitcoms; misunderstandings. The comedy comes from you knowing what’s going to happen and seeing the character’s reaction to the situation.

  11. Satire/Irony • Situational: the reader and the characters don’t know what’s coming. • It’s a big twist for everyone. • M. Night Shyamalan movies are good examples.

  12. Satire/Irony • act naturally • alone together • liquid gas • deafening silence • seriously funny • living dead • jumbo shrimp • Advanced BASIC • virtual reality • Oxymorons: two contradictory words combined to form a new one.

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