Satire and Irony
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English
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10th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is satire?
Back
The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What is the main purpose of satire?
Back
to bring about change
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?
Back
By ridiculing flaws and follies
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which of the four strategies of satire refers to imitating another’s technique or style? Options: hyperbole, inversion, parody, reversal
Back
parody
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Hyperbole
Back
A figure of speech which uses exaggeration
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A literary technique where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows is ironic, but the characters don’t
Back
dramatic irony
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
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
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