Satire Review

Satire is humor that...

• criticizes close friends

• criticizes society

• does not criticize anything at all

Which of the following tools is NOT an element of satire?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Parody

• Sarcasm

• Perspective

If someone uses hyperbole, they are...

• Understating the issue.

• Exaggerating an issue.

• Ignoring the issue.

• Analyzing the issue.

To understate something means to...

• Overexaggerate

• Underexaggerate

• Expand on

• Describe

Which of these are part of the structure of a satire?

• Writer identifies problem

• Writer gives background information about problem

• Writer offers exaggerated proposal/solution

• Writer offers specific advantages and objections to proposal

• Writer offers the actual proposal for reform

What does satire teach us?

• That life shouldn't ever be taken too seriously.

• That the best way to draw attention to an issue is by showing how ridiculous it is.

• That humor should be at the expense of someone else.

• That there is more than one way for something to be humorous.