1. AP Language and Composition
Recognizing and Analyzing Satire

2. Agenda Bell ringer Notes on recognizing satire Onion article stations
AP satire rhetorical analysis prompt
I can recognize a satirical text when I encounter it.
I can analyze the use of satirical devices to create an argument.

3. Bell Ringer
Complete the grammar bell ringer

4. Recognizing Satire
Before we can analyze satire, we first have to RECOGNIZE satire when we see it.
Sometimes, it’s harder than you think, so here are some tips.

5. Recognizing Satire
Questions you should ask yourself when trying to recognize satire:
Question 1:
Is it from The Onion?
Yes?

6. Recognizing Satire Question 2:
Is it from The New Yorker with a highly liberal slant?
Yes?

7. Recognizing Satire Question 3: YOU NEED TO CHECK!
Is it from a site you don’t recognize with a name that has slapped together any permutation of "News," "Daily," "Viral," "Report," "Record," "Science," and "World?" 
YOU NEED TO CHECK!
A site MUST tell you if it
is presenting false info, but
they will bury that!

8. Recognizing Satire Question 4:
Is it about Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Michele Bachmann, John McCain, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Kim Kardashian, Rush Limbaugh, Kanye West, Hillary Clinton, Donald Sterling, or other high-profile politicians or celebrities?
Yes? Move on to the follow up questions (next slide)

9. Recognizing Satire Question 4: Follow up:
Is it about Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Michele Bachmann, John McCain, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Kim Kardashian, Rush Limbaugh, Kanye West, Hillary Clinton, Donald Sterling, or other high-profile politicians or celebrities?
Follow up:
Does it involve an ironic misfortune befalling them (e.g. "Kanye West Breaks His Nose Trying To Kiss His Reflection")?
Does it take the easiest possible approach to its subject, without any hint of original thought (e.g. "Donald Trump Reveals He Wears Wig")?
Is it a context-free, incendiary/idiotic pull quote by a public figure who only ever appears in the news next to context-free, incendiary/idiotic pull quotes (e.g. "Sarah Palin: 'I'd Let Putin Motorboat Me To Save Ukraine')?

10. Recognizing Satire Question 4: Yes to any of the follow up questions:
Is it about Ann Coulter, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, Michele Bachmann, John McCain, Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Kim Kardashian, Rush Limbaugh, Kanye West, Hillary Clinton, Donald Sterling, or other high-profile politicians or celebrities?
Yes to any of the follow up questions:

11. Recognizing Satire A Note:
We are overdue for a satirical piece on the AP exam.
You may or may not be given the source (Onion, New Yorker, etc).
You MUST remember to ask yourself these questions!

12. Practice with Satire Stations
Get into groups
You will be given a station folder with several satirical pieces.
As a group, choose one to focus on for station 1.
Read the article out loud as a group.
You will analyze several components of each piece. Follow your organizer.
When you’ve finished the first article, move on to the second.

13. AP Language Satire Rhetorical Analysis Prompt
We will now look at the 2005 Rhetorical Analysis prompt.
This is how an actual rhetorical analysis prompt will look on the test: you will be presented a text and a prompt telling you what to focus on.
For this prompt, read the text, read the prompt, and then, we will OUTLINE the essay we would write.
Outline Requirements
You will need to write a thesis statement.
Identify at least 3 rhetorical devices/strategies you will focus on.
Identify the textual example (quote) and briefly explain how they develop the satirical argument.

14. AP Language Satire Rhetorical Analysis Prompt
If time:
Let’s read some student response samples for this prompt and do some scoring.

15. Reminders Finish scoring the student samples (if we get there)
Remember to contribute to the collaborative satirical device PowerPoint.
Be thinking about what you might want to ridicule for your satirical summative assessment.
We will watch Idiocracy next class. If you are absent, you will either have to find a way to watch it on your own or do the alternative assignment.