ENG 4USatire AnalysisName:

Your Task: Select one of the three satirical texts and answer the questions below. You will find the links on the website. Answer the questions on a separate piece of paper.

Text Options: The Chappelle Show’s Racial Draft

Amy Schumer’s Birth Control Ad Spoof

Last Week Tonight’s LGBT Discrimination

Expectation / Level 1 / Level 2 / Level 3 / Level 4
Understanding Media Texts: demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts
Overall M1
Specific M 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 / Students can demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts with limited effectiveness:
●identify message
●evaluate effectiveness / Students can demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts with some effectiveness:
●identify message
●evaluate effectiveness / Students can demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts with effectiveness:
●identify message
●evaluate effectiveness / Students can demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts with a high degree of effectiveness:
●identify message
●evaluate effectiveness
Understanding Media Forms, Conventions, and Techniques: identify some media forms and explain how that conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning
Overall M2
Specific M 2.1, 2.2 / Student can identify some media forms and explain how that conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning with limited effectiveness:
●type of satire
●satirical techniques / Student can identify some media forms and explain how that conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning with some effectiveness:
●type of satire
●satirical techniques / Student can identify some media forms and explain how that conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning with effectiveness:
●type of satire
●satirical techniques / Student can identify some media forms and explain how that conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning with a high degree of effectiveness:
●type of satire
●satirical techniques

Questions:

  1. Identify the type of satire you selected. Explain your answer.
  1. Identify and give one piece evidence for each of the 8 satirical techniques that are present in your selected satire.
  1. Who is the target of the satire? Explain your answer.
  1. What is the message of this satire? Provide evidence for your answer.
  1. Is this satire effective? Explain your answer.