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Mastering Satire: The Art of Critique Through Humor

Discover the essence of satire - a form of expression employing sarcasm, irony, and ridicule to expose vices and follies. Uncover the power of visual techniques, irony, and exaggeration in creating thought-provoking and humorous pieces that critique various societal issues and norms.

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Mastering Satire: The Art of Critique Through Humor

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  1. What is satire?

  2. Dictionary Definition • The employment in speaking or writing • Of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, etc. • In exposing, denouncing, deriding or ridiculing • Vice, folly, indecorum, abuses or evils of any kind

  3. SATIRE • Art of using common symbols and ideas in a new context to try and provoke an argument • Using ridicule to expose vice or folly • Use of familiar situations to mock something • Using visual techniques to create an opinionated piece of work that shows criticism

  4. Satire? • Exaggeration by irony • Type of comedy with a purpose or point • Use of visual techniques in order to convey an opinion • Use of irony or exaggeration to make fun of something • Directed to a target

  5. Visual Techniques • Exaggeration • Symbolism/metaphor • Caricature • Labels/tags • Juxtaposition • Puns/word play • Familiar image/phrase in new context • Cliché • Panels • Irony – situational, verbal, dramatic • Relative size

  6. Irony • The perception of a difference between What is expected (the way things seem) and the way things are. Three kinds: • Verbal – when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect • Situational – a contradiction between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs • Dramatic – when words and actions possess a significance that the listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character do not (when the audience knows more than the speaker)

  7. Assignment Brainstorm target: FHS Local National Global Amuses you Annoys you Disgusts you

  8. Saturday Night Live • Palin rap • McCain QVC • Palin/Biden debate • Palin/Clinton sexism comments • McCain/Obama montage from the presidential bash program • Palin/Couric interview

  9. Assignment You are a satirist for The Voice. Choose an aspect of FHS or a local, national or global issue, and create a pictorial satire using specific techniques. Include a self-evaluation. 15 pts. Criteria: • Clear and specific target that is easily identifiable to anyone with prior knowledge • Clever use of specific techniques • Neatness and presentation – drawn on an 8.5 X 11 sheet of white unlined paper, centered on the sheet, name in the corner. • Not graded on artistry, but strive for quality

  10. Cartoon Self Evaluation • As clearly and specifically as you can, articulate the exact point you set out to make in creating this cartoon • Identify the stylistic/satirical techniques you employed to make this point • Identify which of these are most effective, which you are unsure of • Identify where this falls on the seriousness/funny continuum from 1-5

  11. Kids from Hell • What is her point/purpose? • What techniques does she employ? • What is the most important line of the piece? • How would you rank the seriousness of the piece on a scale of 1-5 • To what extent do you support, refute or qualify the writer’s thesis?

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