Satire Assessment

Front

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

Back

exaggeration 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Front

To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

Back

incongruity

Front

To present opposite of normal order (order of events, hierarchical order, etc)

Back

reversal

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

Back

situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

Imitating/mocking the techniques or style of some person, place, or thing

Back

parody 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Front

A manner of writing that mixes criticism with wit and humor in an effort to point out flaws and/or improve humanity

Back

satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

An exaggerated portrayal of the weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an individual or group.

Back

caricature

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

Front

The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally means the opposite

Back

verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

exaggeration; making to seem more important than it really is.

Back

overstatement

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Opposite of exaggeration; a statement that expresses a fact too weakly or less emphatically than it should.

Back

understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5