Satire PPT - ESM School District
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As you watch and listen, write down 3-4
things you notice that characterize the
following video and audio clips
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Jon Stewart "Fox News“
George Carlin "Icebox Man“
Weird Al "Amish Paradise"
In your groups, look at the political cartoon
and the object. What do you notice?
Look for commonalities among all of your
observations.
Decide on a group definition of SATIRE. What
is it? What is it not? What techniques do
people use to create it?
Definition of Satire:
Any work (TV, Movie, Short Story, Novel, Art, etc.) that uses wit or humor to critique or
criticize human behavior, human nature, and/or social institutions (i.e. laws, school,
government, religion, etc.). The point of satire is to change/modify its target (the thing it
critiques/criticizes).
Techniques:
Irony: the term used to describe the contrast between what appears to be and
what really is. Irony often highlights a gap between reality and our expectations or
beliefs.
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Verbal irony: a mode of expression in which the author says one thing, but means the
opposite
Situational irony: an outcome of events that is contrary to what would normally be
expected/hoped for
Dramatic irony: events or facts not known to a character are known to another character
and the reader
Hyperbole: a figure of speech involving great exaggeration; the effect may be
satiric, sentimental, or comical
Understatement: a figure of speech that downplays something’s importance; the
opposite of hyperbole; the effect may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Inversion: a reversal, or twisting of something; turning something into its opposite
Dark Humor: the use of humor to temper, or reduce the sadness or negativity of a
situation; dark humor is often ironic, and uses the irony to make a point
The term used to describe the contrast between
what appears to be and what really is. Irony
often highlights a gap between reality and our
expectations or beliefs.
◦ Verbal irony: a mode of expression in which the
author says one thing, but means the opposite
◦ Situational irony: an outcome of events that is
contrary to what would normally be expected/hoped
for
◦ Dramatic irony: events or facts not known to a
character are known to another character and the
reader
a figure of speech involving great exaggeration; the
effect may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Example: “My mother is blessed with the trait of
disorganization”
a figure of speech that downplays something’s
importance; the opposite of hyperbole; the effect
may be satiric, sentimental, or comical
Example: ?
Colbert-"Gatsby"
a reversal, or twisting of something; turning
something into its opposite
Example: Substitute teacher video
the use of humor to temper, or reduce the sadness
or negativity of a situation; dark humor is often
ironic, and uses the irony to make a point
Example: The Bosnian’s First Day of School
video