Identifying and Using Satire

What is satire?

• The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images

• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly

• The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme

• Comedy

Satire is a term that only applies to literature.

• True

• False

The main purpose of Satire is to...

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

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

Which one below is not an example of satire?

• The Dictator

• South Park

• Game of Thrones

• Family Guy

The following image is an example of which satirical element:

• Parody

• Caricature

• Sarcasm

• Hyperbole

The following image is an example of which type of satire:

• Sarcasm

• Irony

• Caricature

• Understatement

The following image is an example of which satirical element?

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Incongruity

• Parody

The following image shows what kind of satire?

• Reversal

• Parody

• Irony

• Caricature

What type of satire is shown in the image?

• Caricature

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody