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Satire

Satire. “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut. Definition. What is Satire?. Definition. Satire - any kind of writing, speaking, or art that ridicules some weakness in individuals or society. Elements of Satire. There must be a clear target (it may not be obvious though)

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Satire

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  1. Satire “Harrison Bergeron” Kurt Vonnegut

  2. Definition What is Satire?

  3. Definition Satire - any kind of writing, speaking, or art that ridicules some weakness in individuals or society

  4. Elements of Satire • There must be a clear target (it may not be obvious though) • Can attack an institution (government, politics, religion, education, society, etc) or social evil • Can attack an individual or a type of person • Must be humorous, but with the purpose of pointing out human faults and effecting some improvement in humanity or human institutions • A good satire should make the reader/watcher think

  5. Purpose of Satire Satire’s purpose is to bring about change! The primary purpose of any satirical work is to use the weapon of wit to attack something with which the author strongly disagrees in the hope of producing a change Satire usually asks us to see what is around us and consider it

  6. Vehicles of Satire Art Music Poetry/Prose Drama/TV Cartoons

  7. Music • Weird Al Yankovic • “You’re Pitiful” satirizes the song “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt

  8. Prose George Orwell

  9. Television Saturday Night Live

  10. Cartoon

  11. Satirical Techniques • Irony • Situational • Dramatic • Verbal • Sarcasm • Hyperbole/Exaggeration • Understatement

  12. Satirical Techniques • Irony - the contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is • Situational Irony - refers to a happening that is the opposite of what is expected or intended • Dramatic Irony - occurs when the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not know

  13. Satirical Techniques • Verbal Irony - the contrast between what is said and what is actually meant • Sarcasm - a type of verbal irony often in the form of a remark in which the literal meaning is complimentary but the actual meaning is critical • Hyperbole- a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to emphasize strong feelings or to create a satiric effect • Understatement - the technique of creating emphasis by saying less than what is actually or literally true

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  19. Answers Understatement Sarcasm Hyperbole Situational Dramatic

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