Sadistic Satire Definitions
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
satire
She cried so much that we had row a boat to our next class
hyperbole
Who does Swift refer to as breeders?
TEWWG was written at the end of what literary period?
The Harlem Renaissance
A remark whose meaning is expressed through the opposite of what one actually says
sarcasm
If you throw up on my floor, I'll be a tad annoyed
understatement
A Modest Proposal was written to address what then contemporary social problem?
mass starvation in Ireland
the idea that there is a "right" and "wrong" way of speaking a language is called what?
linguistic prescriptivism
in what tense is TEWWG written in? (only one answer accepted)
third person
Speech that may be directed toward an individual, cause, idea, or system that attacks or denounces it
invective
During the funeral for the man who died of dehydration, it started to rain
irony
What is Swift criticizing in this satirical essay?
acceptable answers include:
the ineptitude of Ireland's politicians, the hypocrisy of the wealthy, the tyranny of the English, and the squalor and degradation
DAILY DOUBLE
What was acclaimed Black author Richard Wright's criticism of TEWWG
What did he compare it to?
that it was written for white people to laugh at black stereotypes
minstrel shows
A literary device where what is stated is often the opposite of what is meant or plays on some sort of reversal of expectations
irony
“Yo mama's teeth are so yellow, that when she smiles, traffic slows down.”
invective
What is ironic about the reaction to Swift's essay?
Many English aristocrats took it seriously and thought it was a great idea
information and stories passed down from generation to generation through word-of-mouth:
oral tradition
A reversal of order, form, or another relationship
inversion
I never forget a face... but in your case, I wish I could!
inversion
name one advantage Swift gives for the proposal?
fewer Catholics, tenants can use the payments from children to pay rent, new dish for "refined" tables, inducement for marriage, increase in care and tenderness of mothers
What is double consciousness?
the internal conflict experienced by subordinated or colonized groups in an oppressive society.
Example: Being African-American, yet not feeling wholly "African" or "American"