Choose three of the following satirical articles from
The Onion:
Heroic
PETA Commandos Kill 49, Save Rabbit
Bush
'Refuses to Dignify' Mass-Murder Allegations
Zombie
Nutritionist Recommends All-Brain Diet
Teacher
of the Year Awards 'A Fashion Nightmare'
Report:
TV Helps Build Valuable Looking Skills
Area Applebee's
a Hotbed of Machiavellian Political Maneuvering
Kid
Rock Starves to Death: MP3 Piracy Blamed
ACLU
Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters
National
Funk Congress Deadlocked on Get Up/Get Down Issue
Report:
Al-Qaeda Allegedly Engaging in Tele-Marketing:
Then, on a word document:
1) Identify what is being satirized
2) Identify which category of
satire each article falls under - Analogy, Exaggeration, Irony, or Reversal
- and there can be more than one correct answer.
3) Finally, in order to get credit, explain how the
author uses that form of satire to accomplish his/her goal.
E-mail me the
assignment with the subject line "Last Name: Satire" when
finished.