Satire

3/27/2014 Present modern proposals.

Quiz tomorrow!

25 points

3/26/2014

Write proposal, advantages, disadvantages, and personal interest.

3/25/2014

Research social issue, write Works Cited, and introduction of pamphlet.

3/24/2014

From the [|Uncyclopedia]: •Hence, satire is finding humor in the suffering and tragedy of the world around oneself.

Instructions

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3/21/2014

•Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own. •Jonathan Swift, Preface to [|The Battle of the Books]





The Butter Battle by Dr.Seuss



3/20/2014

•Satire is a literary work holding up human vice and follies to ridicule or scorn.

•Common elements include sarcasm, irony, understatement and exaggeration.

Review and discuss "A Modest Proposal."

Turn in discussion questions 1-5.

3/19/2014

•Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism. •Wit can be used as a weapon.



Answer in full sentences.

Macbeth's Motivation due today.

3/18/2014 •Full Title: A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public

A Modest Proposal