Finishing up the year with satire, which we previously touched on with political cartoons. This is your last class assignment. I'll review your grades with you in class. All the received obituaries have been graded. Comments are on parent connect. Any material turned in at this point will receive 50 points. Tomorrow I'll pass out the study maps. The schedule for the rest of the year is as follows.
Wed, May 29- Friday, May 31- class time for map practice
Monday, June 3- class time for map practice
Tuesday, June 4- District exam; this will be given by Ms. Hayden. I am not allowed in the room, but am in school, if you need something.
Wed, June 5, study day
Thursday, June 6, FINAL EXAM.....if you need more time, please come to room 176 after school.
Friday, June 7, tests back last day
Monday, June 10 moving up day.
Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement.[ Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.
A common feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"[—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.
Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, and media such as lyrics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire
please read this introductory material.
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 200,000 and says 90 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old.Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the "Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to an average of 7.5 million unique visitors per month.[
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Its humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy ("Everyone Forgets To Bring Swimsuits To Coworker’s Party"). Other common themes include surreal exaggerations or puns, such as "‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Missions To Focus Largely On Tutoring, Community Outreach", and contrasting media portrayals against reality by treating the fictional version as the more real ("Obama Fondly Recalls Frustration Of First Term"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion
Assignment: due by midnight tonight Please go to The Onion site: http://www.theonion.com/?ref=auto Familiarize yourself with the site, noting on the bar the various topic areas coved by the satirical news cite: video, politics, sports, business, science tech, entertainment and breaking news.
Select three articles under three headings and respond to the following: Please send along.
1. What is the headline?
2. What is being parodied?
3. What point is the author attempting to make through his parody?
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