Satire Lesson

Choose the best one word description of Satire

• Romantic

• Rational

• Critical

• Comedy

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

• A form of zeitgeist

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This is

• Juvenalian

• Horatian

• Menippean

A TYPEof satire: light-hearted, witty, meant to mock human behavior

• Horatian

• Juvenalian

This picture is an example of satire

• True

• False

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Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

• True

• False

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What type of satire is shown in the image?

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody

• Understatement

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Which of the following is a primary purpose of satire?

• To entertain with humor

• To inform with facts

• To criticize through ridicule

• To narrate a story

Identify the literary device commonly used in satire.

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

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Which of the following authors is known for using satire in their works?

• J.K. Rowling

• George Orwell

• Stephen King

• Agatha Christie

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