Satire Worksheet

Satire Worksheet

<p>Standards: Reading 3.0, 3.1 L&S 1.0 Name:______</p><p>Satire Worksheet Journal: ______</p><p>Pair Share-What elements make up a fairy tale?? (List at least four elements you and your partner discussed): 1. 2. 3. 4.</p><p>Definition of Satire: </p><p>A literary work that ______(makes fun of) its subject through </p><p> the use of techniques such as______, ______, ______, and/or ______in order to make a comment or </p><p> criticism about it.</p><p>Movie Details: List four ways that the movie departs from a “typical” fairytale? Be prepared to share your answers with a partner and then the rest of the class. 1. 2. 3. 4.</p><p>Four Techniques of Satire: Exaggeration: To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. </p><p>Incongruity: To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to their surroundings. </p><p>Reversal: To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order). </p><p>Parody: To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing. </p><p>How are the four techniques of Satire used in the movie clip: Exaggeration is used in the movie clip when: ______. Incongruity is used in the movie clip when: ______. Reversal is used in the movie clip when: ______. Parody is used in the movie clip when: ______.</p><p>Re-tell A Tale Homework Assignment: Choose a fairy tale that you’d like to satirize. After choosing your fairytale, decide on a scene in particular that you’d like to satirize. Use at least two techniques of satire in the scene that you choose to satirize. Your Satirized Fairytale should be at least 500 words. Note: You should read the tale and be completely familiar with it before you start writing. You should plan on printing out a copy of the story to use as a reference as you begin the writing process. Find fairytales at: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ and http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Folklore/Literature/Tales/Fairy_Tales/</p>

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