Sarcasm, Satire and Irony

What is this image satirizing?

• the lack of education for young children

• the danger of playgrounds

• the overuse of technology today

• the expense of iPhones today

What rhetorical device is being used in the image?

• Sarcasm

• Caricature

• Hyperbole

True or false: a satire uses humor to critique something that is wrong with society

• True

• False

The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• parody

Identify the type of irony.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• not irony; a coincidence

What kind of satire is this mostly representative of?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (a)   ​ (b)  

• Incongruity

• Exaggeration

• Parody

• Reversal

Identify the type of irony.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• not irony; a coincidence

Identify the type of irony.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• not irony; a coincidence

Identify the type of irony.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• not irony; a coincidence

Identify the type of irony.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• not irony; a coincidence