Satire Review/Check

Satire is a term that only applies to literature.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

The main purpose of Satire is to...

• Agree with something
• Make people laugh
• Criticize something
• To bring about change

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?

• By modeling correct thought and behavior
• By ridiculing flaws and follies
• By praising achievements and honors
• By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A device where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows, but the characters don’t

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Satire

• Hyperbole

True or False: every piece of writing that is meant to be funny is ALSO a satire.

• True

• False

What satirical technique is being employed?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

To present things that are out of place or absurd.

• sarcasm

• incongruity

• understatement

Satire = comedy + ___________

• social activism

• irony

• sarcasm

• anger

What is this image satirizing?

• the overuse of technology today
• the danger of playgrounds
• the lack of education for young children
• the expense of iPhones today

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What device is used in the image?

• hyperbole

• incongruity

• understatement

• satire