Identifying and Using Satire

What is satire?

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

• The use of literary devices to create pieces of comedy

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

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

 

Satire is a term that only applies to literature.

• True

• False

The main purpose of satire is to...

• Agree with something

• Make people laugh

• Criticise something

• Bring about change

Which of the following is NOT one of the essential elements of satire?

• Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.

• Use of irony

• Making fun of an idea, person, or institution

• All of the above are essential elements

How does satire attempt to improve individuals and/or society?

• By ridiculing flaws and follies

• By modelling correct thought and behaviour

• By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

• By praising achievements and honours

To adopt a satirical stance, one must have _________.

• Creative ability

• Knowledge of historical events

• A decent sense of humour

• A sense of what is morally right

The following image is an example of which satirical element:

• Sarcasm

• Parody

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

"What about you? I've seen you in the market. You can lift hundred pound bags of flour," I snap at him.

"Yes and I'm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people."

~from Hunger Games

• Irony

• Parody

• Sarcasm

• Incongruity

The following image is an example of which satirical element?

• Irony

• Parody

• Incongruity

• Hyperbole

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

• Irony

• Caricature

• Understatement

• Sarcasm