humor and satire - english quiz

A situation that has a serious theme laced with irony or sarcasm

Realistic Comedy

A comedic form that is a forerunner of today's sitcom. A modern comparison is Saturday Night Live

vaudeville

A type of humorous writing where the characters are stereotypical and the jokes are broad.

Farce

A type of comedic form known as a fast comeback repartee

Wit

A comedic form that makes fun of the subject without imitation

Satire

This is a comedic form that plays on the social constructs of the time. It is seen in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"

Comedy of Manners

This type of humor plays on taboo subjects such as death, religion, and sexual oddities.

Black Humor

A humorous situation where a serious subject is imitated in a sarcastic fashion

Parody

One type of satirist belives that people are ______ and the purpose of satire is _______

1) good but misguided

2) they can be educated and change

The second type of satirist believes what about people and the purpose of satire?

They are stupid and people can't learn and writing the satire is just an emotional release for the writer.

Name four of the six elements (raw materials/writing style choices/ what you actually do to write a satire) of satire.

1) Quotes (mix of real and fake)

2) Real sounding names

3) Fake statistics and Numbers

4) Photoshopped Photos

Who wrote A Modest Proposal? In what year was A Modest Proposal written?

1) Jonathan Swift

2) 1729

A. Name two large issues A Modest Proposal addresses satirically. B. Why is A Modest Proposal still studied today?

a) Overpopulation and not having enough food and necessities

b) It is still studied today because all of the topics in this writing are all still relevant issues today.

A Modest Proposal is an example of what type of satire? Menippean, Juvenalian, or Horatian.

Juvenalian

What are the primary characteristics of the type of satire you choose for question 13 (one before).

Dark tone and often bitter.

What type of satire (from the video) is generally lighter and focuses on political figures.

horatian

What is type of satire (from the notes) are quick to flame up and then quick to go away again in the news?

flash in the pan