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Warm-up 11/6 or 11/7 Revise for stronger diction & syntax He uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies such as: repetition, comparisons, and makes appeals to logic to really paint a good picture in the reader's mind to get his point across.
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Today’s activities Review of American literature movements and social context Intro to satire Define terms Levels of Humor & extra credit assignment “Advice to Youth”- Mark Twain “The Devil’s Dictionary” & group assignment
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American Literary Movements
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Define, differentiate, rank Epithet Parody Sarcasm Sardonic satire
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Aristotle: Levels of Humor http://chahoppy.blogspot.com/2009/09/ari stotle-levels-of-humor.html http://chahoppy.blogspot.com/2009/09/ari stotle-levels-of-humor.html Extra credit assignment: What does Heinrichs say about humor and satire as rhetorical strategies? Answer the question in paragraph form, citing textual evidence, and return to me by Monday.
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Reading satire Speaker and author may be different Do not read satire literally! Satire is a form of irony; meaning is found in the opposite of literal meaning. The levels of satire are strategies developed from devices and styles of diction. We will take a look at the types of devices used with the different satires we will read.
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Twain’s “Advice to Youth” Read together Analyze devices of satire
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Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” Background- began in 1881 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_ Dictionary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_ Dictionary Examples Assignment: In a group of no more than 4, write a satirical dictionary of terms having to do with education and high school. Your dictionary needs to have at least 10 terms. Present to class (Friday)
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