1. In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

2. Satire  A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly are held up to scorn or ridicule. Irony Exaggeration/Hyperbole Humor Parody Ridicule

3. Shrek  Satirizes fairy tales by departing from the typical fairy tales characteristics in a humorous way.  What are characteristics of a fairy tale?

4.  Clip 51:20-53:20  Pay attention to elements in the clip that depart from typical fairy tale characteristics.

5. Satire in Pop Culture  Satire Examples Satire Examples  Can you think of other examples of Satire in Pop Culture?

6. SNL’s Weekend Update TV NewsPolitics, Entertainment, current news The Scary MoviesHorror MoviesExaggerates horror movie techniques to scare audiences Political CartoonsPoliticians and Political Issues Policy Decisions or personal traits of elected officials Songs by Weird AlMusicians and Music Videos Musicians, lyrics

7. Satire in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland  “What I was going to say” said the Dodo in an offended tone, “was that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus- race.” (33). Caucus: meeting of members of a particular political party to select candidates or polices. Parody of the electoral process and politics ○ Running about without meaning

8. Social Satire  The Little Crocodile- pg 26 Education system “Crossed her hands on her lap”(26) ○ Victorian teaching tactic: repeating lessons  Wonderland= Monarchy (Great Britain) Red Queen= Queen Victoria  Tea Mad hatter’s never ending tea time= English social tradition of tea time

9. Satire in Children’s Literature  What do you think about using satire in children’s literature?  Dr. Seuss used satire: The Butter Battle 1980s Berlin Wall Cold war- arms race

10. Activity  Read the following example. What are the issues the author is using satire to discuss? What is the author actually trying to say?