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Satire

Satire. A manner of writing that mixed a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions . Satire is an attempt…. … to make the reader have a negative opinion about someone by laughing at them or making them seem ridiculous or foolish.

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Satire

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  1. Satire A manner of writing that mixed a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions.

  2. Satire is an attempt… • … to make the reader have a negative opinion about someone by laughing at them or making them seem ridiculous or foolish.

  3. Techniques of Satire used in Animal Farm • Exaggeration • Parody • Ridicule • Reversal

  4. Exaggeration • To enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.

  5. Parody • To imitate the style/techniques of some person, place or thing.

  6. Ridicule • Language or behavior intended to mock and humiliate.

  7. Reversal • To present the opposite of the normal order.

  8. Animal Farm as a Political Satire • It is inspired by a personal grievance or a passion for reform. • It is an attack on a group of people and social order. • Exposes and ridicules Russian Communism • Rouses hatred for Russian Leaders.

  9. Examples of Satire http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/faculty/skaminski/Subway%20Photocopy%20Butt%20Funny%20Commercial.mov http://youtu.be/ss_BmTGv43M http://www.seymour.k12.wi.us/faculty/skaminski/Super_Bass-O-Matic__761.mpg

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