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The Elements of Satire

The Elements of Satire. Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Comes from the latin word satura , meaning “dish of mixed ingredients”.

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The Elements of Satire

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  1. The Elements of Satire Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. -Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

  2. Comes from the latin word satura, meaning “dish of mixed ingredients”. • A technique in which a writer ridicules or criticizes a person, group, institution or event using certain literary devices. • Usually witty. • Almost always sarcastic or ironic. • Usually has a tone of “mock-approval” – sarcastically supporting the very thing it is criticizing. How does the definition of satire relate to its latin root? What is satire?

  3. Drama (Tartuffe – Moliere, The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde ) • Journalism (The Onion) • Fiction (A Modest Proposal – Jonathan Swift, The Lowest Animal – Mark Twain) • Poetry (The Rape of the Locke – Alexander Pope) • Graphic Arts (editorial cartoons) • Television programs (Saturday Night Live, The Colbert Report) • Music (With God on Our Side – Bob Dylan, Weird Al) Forms of Satire

  4. Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update • The Daily Show • Scary Movie • Austin Powers • Political cartoons • This is Spinal Tap • Songs by Weird Al Yankovich (White and Nerdy) • The Simpsons Examples of Satire in Pop Culture

  5. Sarcasm • Irony • Parody • Burlesque • Elevated word choice • Puns • Hyperbole/exaggeration Satirical Techniques

  6. Pun: play on words • Hyperbole: overstatement often used to show how ridiculous a situation is. • Burlesque is an imitation of a person or subject by exaggeration or distortion. • a frivolous subject may be treated with mock dignity • a weighty subject might be handled in a trivial style • character who should use formal, intelligent language speaks like a fool or a character who is portrayed as uneducated uses highly sophisticated, intelligent language. Ex: Princess Bride – “Marriage, marriage”, giant who rhymes • Parody mocks not a person or subject, but a specific literary work or style, by imitating features and applying them to trivial or incongruous materials. Weird Al song, Beat it ---Eat it. Methods of Satire

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