1. Satire

2. What is Satire? Using a variety of methods to make something look foolish or silly in order to point out faults or in order to seek social change.

3. Can You Put that in Your Own Words? So, based on the definition before, what does that mean? …to point out faults. ….to seek improvement.

4. Why is Understanding Satire Important? Satire is ONE way an author can reveal his or her theme. Reader must be able to read and understand satire in order to deduce theme. Follow my logic for a few slides...

5. Why is Satire Important? Many authors reveal themes explicitly. Aesop’s fables At the end... “And so the lesson goes that patience is rewarded”

6. Many authors use literary elements to reveal theme.

7. Some authors use satire to reveal their themes Difficult to figure out theme since it seems to be talking about A, but their point is the OPPOSITE / DIFFERENT.

8. How Do I Find Satire 1)Know the types and techniques authors use to create satire. 2)Read actively to look for them. 3)Once you find them, ask yourself what the author means by _______ technique.

9. Types Horatian Satire “light satire” Satire while “smiling” “holding up a mirror” to society Juvenalian Satire “heavy satire” Angry satire Directly pointing out issues to society

10. Techniques Both TYPES of irony use THESE techniques. You must determine if they are being “light” or “heavy” Exaggeration Irony (3x) Sarcasm Burlesque Incongruity Reversal Parody

11. More Specifically 1)What is the text’s topic /style on the literal level? 2)What is it really poking fun at? 3)What might be “wrong” with the original that the author of the satire wants to point out and fix?

12. Exaggeration To enlarge or increase something beyond the “normal bounds” to draw attention to it. Caricatures

13. Practice

16. Irony Remember? Situational Dramatic Verbal Sarcasm is in here!

17. More Sarcasm than Not! In satire... More statements may SOUND serious but should be taken SARCASTICALLY. Yes, let’s fix over-population by eating the children. Yes, let’s fix obesity by feeding everyone candy until they explode.

18. Burlesque Ridiculous exaggeration and distortion. Serious subject treated in a light manner. A light subject treated in a serious manner. Formal character using slang Low character using “high language”

20. Incongruity To show things that are out of place or are silly in relation to its surroundings.

21. Reversal To present the opposite of the normal order Having dessert before dinner Having children make all the decisions in a family

22. Parody To copy the technique and / or style of a person, place, or thing in order to make fun of it. Reader / viewer must be familiar with the original text for this to work! Kind of like an allusion! Date Movie, Epic Movie, Scary Movie

24. “Thinking” Example You watch The Colbert Report. There is a report on government spending. Colbert encourages them to spend MORE. It’s funny at how MUCH he wants them to spend. Is he REALLY wanting them to spend MORE? He really wants them to spend LESS But by exaggerating what is spent, he is making fun of…governmental spending…and he is pushing them to change their habits.

25. A Sentence Frame… ___________is satirizing ___________ by using ____________ because he / she wants to see __________ change. Colbert is satirizing the federal government by using a parody of the political pundit shows because he wants to see spending amounts decrease and change focus.

26. Source Wall-E Hot Fuzz Airplane Animal House Wag the Dog Strangelove Life of Brian Great Dictator Weird Al Daily Show / Colbert Onion