Read the Article. Industrial Revolution Provides Millions of out of Work Children with Jobs

Read the Article. Industrial Revolution Provides Millions of Out of Work Children with Jobs

Discuss Article – Do you agree with the article? Why? Why not? (Textual Evidence)

Define Satire

Student Generated

Read Pages 500 – 501 (If completing outside of class, another source may be used.)

Define:

Satire

Exaggeration

Hyperbole

Understatement

Irony

Sarcasm

SATIRE

Any piece of writing designed to make its readers feel critical of themselves, their fellow human beings, or of their society with the intent to reform humanity.

(Making fun of serious issue in order to reform humanity)

Next we look at the argument The Onion article made by analyzing the subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and speaker. I use the acronym SOAPS. Subject: What is this article about? Occasion: Why was it written? What is going on at the time that the author is mocking? Audience: Who is this article aimed at? Purpose: What does the author hope to achieve by writing it? andSpeaker: How does the author establish himself/herself as an authority on the subject?

SOAPS

Subject

Occasion

Audience

Purpose

Speaker

With a partner, using the SOAPS method, analyze “A Modest Proposal.”

Satirical Strategies

Hyperbole- A drastic overstatement or exaggeration

Exaggeration – a situation or idea is taken to the very extreme

Understatement – Lessening the importance of an event or moment

Irony/Reversal – the appearance of things is the opposite of reality

Sarcasm - type of verbal irony intending to wound a person’s feelings

Absurdity/Incongruity – the placement of things out of order

Parody/Mocking – an imitation of something for comic relief or ridicule

Imitation

Satirical imitation refers to imitating some classical people and things in an exaggerated, modified and absurd way

Rhetorical Strategies/Appeals – Persuasive Strategies that appeal

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Ethos (Credibility), or ethical appeal, means convincing by the character of the author. We tend to believe people whom we respect. One of the central problems of argumentation is to project an impression to the reader that you are someone worth listening to, in other words making yourself as author into an authority on the subject of the paper, as well as someone who is likable and worthy of respect.

Pathos (Emotional) means persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions. We can look at texts ranging from classic essays to contemporary advertisements to see how pathos, emotional appeals, are used to persuade. Language choice affects the audience's emotional response, and emotional appeal can effectively be used to enhance an argument.

Logos(Logical) means persuading by the use of reasoning. This will be the most important technique we will study, and Aristotle's favorite. We'll look at deductive and inductive reasoning, and discuss what makes an effective, persuasive reason to back up your claims. Giving reasons is the heart of argumentation, and cannot be emphasized enough. We'll study the types of support you can use to substantiate your thesis, and look at some of the common logical fallacies, in order to avoid them in your writing.

Analyze “A Modest Proposal”