1. Applying Devices in Satire

2. Step 1: Please read the following satirical articles:
“Shell Executives Accuse Oil-Covered Otter of Playing it Up” and “Girl Moved to Tears by ‘Of Mice and Men’ Cliff Notes”

3. Step 2: Underline and Label Examples of:
Exaggeration
Understatement
Incongruity - To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
Irony
Sarcasm
Indirection

4. Step 3: Based on your examples, answer the following:
What foolish behaviour is being criticized, ridiculed or mocked?
What change or reform is the article hoping to bring about?

5. Knowledge (2 marks)
Exaggeration:

6. Knowledge (2 marks)
Understatement

7. Knowledge (2 marks)
Incongruity

8. Knowledge (2 marks)
Irony

9. Knowledge (2 marks)
Sarcasm

10. Knowledge (2 marks)
Indirection

11. Thinking and Inquiry (4 marks)
2. What foolish behaviour is being criticized, ridiculed or mocked?
Corporations lack of responsibility and compassion when they pollute and destroy the environment and wildlife with their careless, and reckless business practices

12. Thinking and Inquiry (4 marks)
3. What change or reform is the article hoping to bring about? By making the corporations seem grossly insensitive, and by giving a detailed description of the sea animals’ suffering, the article is hoping to bring a change to apathetic attitudes regarding oil spills and other environmental disasters caused by corporations.