1. Satire - A literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. Satire has a serious underlying message/purpose.
 Expect irony and exaggeration.

2. Horatian satire
playfully amusing
corrects vice or foolishness with gentle laughter and understanding
Juvenalian satire
provokes a darker kind of laughter.
often bitter
criticizes corruption or incompetence with scorn and outrage

3. What is the subject of the satire?
What tools of satire did the writer use? Indicate at least one example for each tool used.
Irony
Understatement
Hyperbole
What is the underlying statement of the satire?
Is the work an effective use of satire? Explain.