“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”

“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL” • Write a response to this statement. • Do you agree or disagree? • Do you feel that it reflects our present society? Include evidence to support your opinion.

CHECKLIST • Word • Pos • Syn/ant • Sentence w/ cc • Visual • Types of cc: example, syn/ant, cause and effect and inference

VIGILANCE • (v) alert attention, watchfulness • Syn: Aware • Ant: Distracted • Example

Wince • V- to flinch involuntarily, especially in pain • Syn: Cringe • Ant: • Cause and effect

Consternation • (n) confused amazement or fear • Syn: dismay • Ant: • Synonym sentence

COWER • V – TO crouch down in fear • Syn: Tremble • Ant: calm • Inference

Synchronize • V – to match the timing of • Syn: Harmonize • Ant: • Example:

Irony • N. Contrast between appearance and reality. Reality is the opposite of what is expected. • Types: situational, verbal, dramatic

Dystopia • N - A society where everything is as bad as possible

Satire • A literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors and institutions are ridiculed. • It uses irony and exaggeration to force readers to see something in a critical light.

Characteristics of Satire • SATIRE IS NOT COMEDY, which just seeks to entertain or amuse. Satire, while implicitly humorous, has a moral purpose. 1. Moral lesson 2. Funny 3. Shared community standard of correct behavior (which begets the humor!) **The goal of satire is not just to abuse, but rather, to provoke change or reform.

Neutralize • V. to counteract or cancel the effect

“ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL”