Transcript Critical Satirical Review

CRITICAL, SATIRICAL
REVIEW
 Write a critical, satirical review of a work we have read this year.
 Provide textual evidence to support your criticism.
 Use Mark Twain’s “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” or The Onion as
models for your review.
 Your review must be 2 pages double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman
font, with a heading (full name, class, my name, date) and header (last
name and page number) included.
 Potential works for criticism: The Things They Carried, “The Yellow
Wallpaper,” “The Minister’s Black Veil,” The Crucible, “Yes, She’s a Christ
Figure, too,” fiction book (for IRP), nonfiction book (for IRP), “Ligeia,” “The
Legend of Bluebeard,” “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” The Declaration of
Independence, “Civil Disobedience,” Speech to Virginia Convention, “The
Crisis,” Dickinson or Whitman poem, “The Storm,” “The Story of an Hour,”
“The Good Wife’s Guide,” Me Talk Pretty One Day (excerpt), or “Fenimore
Cooper’s Literary Offenses.”
 Due 2/9