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Satire Overview Sketch Notes & Whiteboards
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Add to your unit sketch notes from last week:
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What is Satire? Examples……. Definition…….
“Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Argument Unit “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Characteristics of Satire
-Humorous -Criticism of human nature, groups or individual (pointing out flaws) -A moral voice (to create change, not to ridicule) “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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-Jonathan Swift (satirist)
What is meant by this? “Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.” -Jonathan Swift (satirist) “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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What is Satire? “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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What is Satire? 10 Best Satires By Michael Honig | Aug 12, 2016
“Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Sample #1 (To get the humor, you must be informed
Sample #1 (To get the humor, you must be informed.) What is a millennial? What challenges occurred in their formative years? What stereotypes surround millennials? Video link:
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Let’s Find Some Examples:
Who or what is the criticism directed at? What stereotypes does it point out? What made it humorous? “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Sample #2 Scan it: To whom? From whom?
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Sample #3
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Sample #4
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Sample #5
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Who/what’s the criticism directed at? What are the stereotypes?
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Strategies of Satire Reversal- using the opposite to make a point
Caricature- exaggerating traits of something Hyperbole- extreme exaggeration Inversion- reverse the order Sarcasm- disapproval often given as praise Understatement- minimizing a situation Invective- directing speech directly at the thing that denounces it “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Let’s Find Some Examples:
Who or what is the criticism directed at? What stereotypes does it point out? What made it humorous? “Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument.” Desmond Tutu
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Who/what’s the criticism directed at?
What are the stereotypes?
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