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The power of positivity
"Be the change you wish to see in the world." ~ Gandhi
Satire is when someone comments on and makes fun of something with a lot of exaggeration. This usually makes that something seem worse than it really is. Something can be satired by role reversal, exaggeration or in congruity.
ReplyDelete*Nicole Bernier*
Satire is a literary technique which depicts the follies of its subject. The writer or speaker uses satire to try to make the reader or listener have a negative opinion about someone by laughing at them or making them seem ridiculous or foolish.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. (www.dictionary.com)
ReplyDelete***Kelly Myers***
Satire is a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of something/someone, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.
ReplyDelete-Stephanie Bohr-
Satire is when someone makes fun of current events, political issues, celebrities, or anything that people in general would understand.
ReplyDeleteThe Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word satire as:
1 : a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
2 : trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly
-Scott Francis
Satire is a literary genre in which human nonsense is ridiculed through irony, derision, or wit.
ReplyDelete~Jaime Trudel
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ReplyDeleteSatire is the act of making fun of something, and having that something seem ridiculous. Society is usually most apt to be satirized.
ReplyDeleteSatire is the use of wit to criticize behavior: the use of wit, especially irony, sarcasm, and ridicule, to criticize faults.
ReplyDelete(From Encarta World English Dictionary)
-Megan Stavens
Satire is like an exaggeration of mocking someone or something.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. Basically this is a literary device for an author to make fun of someone, or society as a whole.
ReplyDelete-Steven Blanchard
Definition of Satire: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. I think satire is a way for an author to make fun of a character in a sarcastic manor.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary device that pokes fun at, scorns, ridicules, etc. in an exagerated manner in order to expose vice or folly in a person or thing (such as society).
ReplyDelete-Hannah Kyer
In my own words, a satire is a piece of literature, in any form, that ridicules something occuring in society such as religion, politics, or just social interactions. The ridicule is done in a suddle or clever way.
ReplyDeletesatire: a literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.
ReplyDeleteMany comedy shows in today's society contain satire to mock certain events happening in the world or the lives of people.
Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which mainly makes fun of its focus (individuals, organisations, states) it is often used to provoke or prevent change. Satire is not restricted to any perspective. Parody is a type of satire that replicates another work of art in order to make fun of it.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a style of writing or art which ridicules or criticizes its subject (individuals, ideals, institutions or society in general) often to bring about change. Often they are humorous and witty. (It attacks foolishness by making fun of it)
ReplyDelete-Stephanie Bohr
Satire is exaggerating, making fun of or using sarcasm to describe a character, event or idea. Satire is often ironic and the opposite of the stereotype.
ReplyDelete-Bethnay Puniello
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. (Dictionary.com)
ReplyDelete-Kodi Doane
In my opinion, satire is a creative, stylistic way of using sarcasm to mock a concept, person, event, or another aspect of society. Often, authors who use satire use it to mock the current society in which they live.
ReplyDelete-Val Stickles
I'm not going to look up the definition of satire since most of the people who commented before me did, but obviously i agree with the definitions they found. In my own words i would say satire is a literary technique used to mock flaws in society.
ReplyDeleteSatire is an exaggeration of real life actions or personality traits. Sometimes it's ironic or just ridiculous. Satire is there to help you realize the flaws in people or action.. etc in a fun way without being mean.
ReplyDeleteSatire is exaggerating the modern day life.
ReplyDeleteSometimes its completely rediculous and pointless. But the purpose is to strech the ideas of the modern day person and/or actions. With satire you could be poking fun at someone or something.
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm and denouncing of something to almost mock or show the humor of something in a sarcastic way. They are used to make fun of something very popular of very relevant to soceity.
ReplyDelete-ray
Satire is a way of making fun of society using irony or other devices. It can make fun of movies, books, or government etc.
ReplyDelete-nick merisotis
Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, to expose or denounce something. It is used as a literary compontent in the composition of literature, in verse or prose poetry, in which human qualities are held up to be scorned,or ridiculed.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a mockery of the reality of society. Satire devices include irony, humor, folly, and sarcasm to make fun of a real-life person or society.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary composition that a way to mock real-life situations or events. Satire uses irony, sarcasm, ridicule, folly, and more to expose the mockery of reality.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary device that makes fun of a topic by making it seem ridiculous. Satire comments are generally criticizing society. Techniques of satire include exaggeration, parody, generalization, incongruity, and inversion.
ReplyDelete~Sam Burke (late because I was absent)
I know this is really late, but I was just reading Sam's that said it was late because she was absent. I was absent on Fri and Wed, so yeah.
ReplyDeleteSatire is a literary device that uses irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to denounce or exaggerate something in society that the author thinks is ridiculous. One type of example would be satirizing marriage and how the author thinks it's ridiculous to spend the person's whole life together (this may especially come from a guy's perspective)
Satire is a literary device that pokes fun at real life or events in life. Often the thing being satirized is society, the nature of people, or an observation on life. Satirization is usually exaggerated.
ReplyDelete-Ryan Sander
(Late because I saw that it was missing)