Satirical Devices
The use of humor or ridicule to expose and criticize human folly or vices.
What is satire?
What is the name of the work of Jonathan Swift that we read in class?
What is "A Modest Proposal?"
What are the three types of irony?
What are
-Verbal
-Situational
-Dramatic?
True or False, Satire only applies to literature.
What is False?
The flaw in a character that brings about his/her downfall.
What is a tragic flaw?
To position unlike things next to each other so that their differences become obvious
What is juxtaposition?
Where was Jonathan Swift born?
What is Ireland?
An English teacher has poor grammar. What type of irony is this?
What is Situational Irony?
Hamlet's tragic flaw
What is inablilty to take action?
To use clues, logic, and prior knowledge to draw a reasonable conclusion.
What is to infer?
To imitate the techniques/style of some person, place of thing in order to ridicule the original. To be a success, the reader must know the original text that is being ridiculed.
What is parody?
Who are the British?
In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is only asleep-not dead-but Romeo does not, and he kills himself. What type of irony is this?
What is Dramatic Irony?
Instructions in the text to play usually pertaining to movement, position or tone of the actor.
What are stage directions?
The perspective in which a story is told
Speech that deliberately minimizes a situation, often for comic effect is?
What is understatement?
Of what famous college was Swift the Dean?
What is Trinity College in Dublin?
Another word for verbal irony (think of the meaning and connect it to another element with a similar meaning).
What is Sarcasm?
The reason an author writes a piece of work?
What is author's purpose?
The representation of a character in a literary work. (For example, their personalities, demeanor, appearance)
What is characterization?
When a writer expresses two ideas that are in opposition to each other
What is contradiction?
Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" to be a parody of what?
What are political pamphlets (popular at the time)?
What is situational irony?
Words like fender-bender, sky-candle, and battle-sweat
What are kennings?
The use of a tangible object (one that can be seen or touched) to represent an intangible idea.
What is symbolism?