Satire

Worksheet by Lauren Rebholz
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ELA
Grades
12
Language
ENG
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When you hear the word 'satire,' what comes to mind? Explain your personal definition of satire here. What is satire? Watch the video, and answer the question below! The Three Types of Satire Match the terms for each of the three types of satire with their corresponding definitions. Horatian Satire Genre, good-natured, and light-hearted humor. Meant to provoke laughter and support moral improvement. Everyone is in on the joke. Juvenalian Satire Bitter and dark humor. Expresses anger and outrage at the state of the world. Usually, the subject is being ridiculed, often unkindly. Menippean Satire Prose works containing a collection of miscellaneous thoughts characterized by rapid movement between subjects. This form of satire often attacks a mindset over an individual entity. Satire can be used in both fiction and nonfiction pieces. When used in fiction, it usually relies heavily on irony and humor to poke fun at or reveal the problematic side of something. What is the goal of satire in nonfiction? Satire Example #1: Saturday Night Live Watch the video. Then, describe what type of satire is being used, what subject is being satirized, and how effective this method of satire is. Satire Example #1: Describe what type of satire is being used, what subject is being satirized, and how effective this method of satire is. create and edit documents online, for free. Read the attached excerpt from a famous 1945 novel, and then answer the question below. Satire Example #2: Mystery Literature Satire Example #2: Mystery Literature Read the attached excerpt from a famous 1945 novel, and then answer the same questions as you did for the video: Describe what type of satire is being used, what subject is being satirized, and how effective this method of satire is. Satire Example #3: Film Watch this clip from Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Then, answer the question below. Satire Example #3: Describe what type of satire is being used, what subject is being satirized, and how effective this method of satire is.

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