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What is satire ?. Dictionary Definition. The employment in speaking or writing Of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, etc. In exposing, denouncing, deriding or ridiculing Vice, folly, indecorum, abuses or evils of any kind. SATIRE.
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Dictionary Definition • The employment in speaking or writing • Of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, etc. • In exposing, denouncing, deriding or ridiculing • Vice, folly, indecorum, abuses or evils of any kind
SATIRE • Art of using common symbols and ideas in a new context to try and provoke an argument • Using ridicule to expose vice or folly • Use of familiar situations to mock something • Using visual techniques to create an opinionated piece of work that shows criticism
Satire? • Exaggeration by irony • Type of comedy with a purpose or point • Use of visual techniques in order to convey an opinion • Use of irony or exaggeration to make fun of something • Directed to a target
Visual Techniques • Exaggeration • Symbolism/metaphor • Caricature • Labels/tags • Juxtaposition • Puns/word play • Familiar image/phrase in new context • Cliché • Panels • Irony – situational, verbal, dramatic • Relative size
Irony • The perception of a difference between What is expected (the way things seem) and the way things are. Three kinds: • Verbal – when a speaker says one thing but means another, or when a literal meaning is contrary to its intended effect • Situational – a contradiction between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs • Dramatic – when words and actions possess a significance that the listener or audience understands, but the speaker or character do not (when the audience knows more than the speaker)
Assignment Brainstorm target: FHS Local National Global Amuses you Annoys you Disgusts you
Saturday Night Live • Palin rap • McCain QVC • Palin/Biden debate • Palin/Clinton sexism comments • McCain/Obama montage from the presidential bash program • Palin/Couric interview
Assignment You are a satirist for The Voice. Choose an aspect of FHS or a local, national or global issue, and create a pictorial satire using specific techniques. Include a self-evaluation. 15 pts. Criteria: • Clear and specific target that is easily identifiable to anyone with prior knowledge • Clever use of specific techniques • Neatness and presentation – drawn on an 8.5 X 11 sheet of white unlined paper, centered on the sheet, name in the corner. • Not graded on artistry, but strive for quality
Cartoon Self Evaluation • As clearly and specifically as you can, articulate the exact point you set out to make in creating this cartoon • Identify the stylistic/satirical techniques you employed to make this point • Identify which of these are most effective, which you are unsure of • Identify where this falls on the seriousness/funny continuum from 1-5
Kids from Hell • What is her point/purpose? • What techniques does she employ? • What is the most important line of the piece? • How would you rank the seriousness of the piece on a scale of 1-5 • To what extent do you support, refute or qualify the writer’s thesis?