1. Literary Terms:
Satire

2. Satire
A work that attacks human vice or foolishness using irony, wit, and sarcasm
Primary purpose is to provoke a response or a reform (rather than just for entertainment)
Has a purpose
Tone: humorous, critical, sarcastic, sardonic (disdainfully or ironically mocking), tongue-in-cheek (gentle irony; meant as a joke), hyperbolic (exaggerated)

3. Four Techniques to Satire
Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
Incongruity
Reversal
Parody

4. Hyperbole/Exaggeration
To enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen
We write every day in English class; it’s so boring!

5. Incongruity
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings
Today in English class, we are going to bake a cake!

6. Reversal
To present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events, hierarchical order, etc.)
Mr. Schweigert and Mr. Ingrum often come to me for advise.

7. Parody
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.
We’s a gonna be in dis here class fo’ sum tem.

8. Examples-- “Shrek” Exaggeration:
To enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen
Princess Fiona fights and defeats Robin Hood and all of his Merry Men without help or weapons.

9. Examples-- “Shrek” Incongruity:
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings
Princess Fiona uses her ponytail to deliver a knockout punch to one of the Merry Men. While frozen in a mid-air martial arts kick, Fiona pauses to fix her messy hair before knocking out two of the Merry Men.

10. Examples-- “Shrek” Reversal:
To present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events, hierarchical order, etc.)
The roles of the hero and damsel in distress have been reversed. In the end, it is Princess Fiona, the rescuee, who fights and defeats the foe.

11. Examples-- “Shrek” Parody:
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place or thing
The fight scene is an exaggerated imitation of the martial arts style and special effects used in movies such as The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

12. Other Examples? “The Simpsons” The Onion Austin Powers
Weird Al Yankovich
“Joe Schmo”