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Vocabulary: add this to the back of your journal in the academic vocabulary section


 * Satire: **
 * An attack on or criticism of any stupidity or vice in the form of scathing humor, or a critique of what the author sees as dangerous religious, political, moral, or social standards. **


 * Satire became an especially popular technique used during the Enlightenment, in which it was believed that an artist could correct folly by using art as a mirror to reflect society. **


 * When people viewed the satire and saw their faults magnified in a distorted reflection, they could see how ridiculous their behavior was and then correct that tendency in themselves. The tradition of satire continues today. Popular cartoons such as “The Simpsons” and televised comedies like “The Daily Show” make use of it in modern media. **


 * [|__http://www.litencyc.com/glossaryMZ.php__] **
 * http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_s.html **

Watch: Satirical commentary on "Redskins" name controversy we studied a few weeks ago Note: there are some off-color references/images of drinking here, but we discussed why the writers/creators of this piece used them. Why does John Stewart and his team create this response to the debate? Is this method more or less effective in presenting the controversy than the news articles we read? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/26/daily-show-redskins-native-americans-jason-jones_n_5887812.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000026

Discuss: "Evolution" poem

We're beginning our work to write a comparative paragraph linking two of the four works we've read to a central theme. To begin, we discussed topic sentences and what they "do" in a paragraph. Use this sheet as a guideline as you work to create a topic sentence to guide your paragraph: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BnQFDMLHfBrAn8DjxT6Sq5mEasq_PF9ju-pgJqY1gj4/edit?usp=sharing

Partner work: theme development for paragraph assignment

HW: Come to class next time with a full topic sentence and a quote from each source that supports it and connects with author device (metaphor, symbol, allusion, etc.).