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satirical Humor
aCTIVITy 4.6
Learning Targets
• Analyze satire in print and nonprint texts.
• Write an analytical paragraph that includes appropriate and varied transitions.
1. You will next view a film clip your teacher shows and take notes on the satire you observe.
aCademIC VoCabUlary
Satiric comedy is not always
funny. Sometimes it mocks or
derides the subject. This kind
of derision allows a satirist to
denounce or express strong
disapproval of an attitude or
topic.
This clip is from:
TOPIC (vice or folly exposed)
SATIRE (examples of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule used)
Preview
In this activity, you will read a satirical article and think about how the author uses satire to express disapproval on a particular topic.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• As you read the article, underline words and phrases that make you laugh or that you recognize as humor.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Place a * by any words or phrases that indicate irony, sarcasm, or ridicule.
Underfunded Schools
Forced to Cut Past Tense
from Language Programs
from The Onion
1 WASHINGTON—Faced with ongoing budget crises, underfunded schools nationwide are increasingly left with no option but to cut the past tense—a grammatical construction traditionally used to relate all actions and states that have transpired at an earlier point in time—from their standard English and language arts programs.
2 A part of American school curricula for more than 200 years, the past tense was deemed by school administrators to be too expensive to keep in primary and secondary education.
my Notes
article
Unit 4 • The Challenge of Comedy 277
learNING sTraTeGIes:
Marking the Text, Discussion Groups, Rereading, Revisiting, Adding, Substituting
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