1. Elements of Satire
“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.”Jonathan Swift

2. A literary genre that uses different devices to expose humanity’s vices and foibles, giving momentum to change or reform through ridicule. It is a manner of writing that mixes a critical attitude with wit and humor in an effort to improve mankind and human institutions.
Satire Defined

3. Horatian: a type of direct satire which pokes fun at human foibles with a witty, playful, even indulgent tone
Juvenalian: a type of direct satire which denounces a human or societal vice/error with a highly critical and abrasive tone. Much less humorous.
Types of Satire

4. Write down the definitions and explain why each image exemplifies that particular device
Elements of Satire

5. Irony
Irony is a mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation), conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.
The surprise recognition by the audience often produces a comic effect, making irony often funny.

6. Sarcasm A harsh, personally directed comment
to use praise to mock someone

7. To say more than you mean to say; to exaggerate
Hyperbole

8. Parody
Mockery of a specific known person, literary work, movie, or event

9. Sardonicism (Sardonic comment)
Characterized by bitter or scornful derision; especially mocking, sneering or cynical
* *Difference between sardonic and sarcastic: sarcasm seeks to mock or hurt a specific individual, whereas sardonic may not have a specific target
Sardonicism (Sardonic comment)

10. Belittling, mocking, or undervaluing oneself
Self-Deprecation

11. Tongue-in-cheek
intended to be understood as a joke, although often seeming serious; a type of humor in which the speaker feigns seriousness

12. Farce
A comedic work using buffoonery and horseplay, typically including crude characterizations and ludicrously improbable situations

13. As you watch the following...
Answer the following questions:
What type of satire is this (Horatian or Juvenalian)?
What is its purpose?
What flaw/issue of society is this satire pointing out?
What elements of satire do you see?