Warm-up 11/5 or 11/6Revise for stronger diction &

syntax:He uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies such as: repetition, comparisons, and makes appeals to logic to really paint a good picture in the reader's mind to get his point across. Read article and discuss

rhetorical strategies.

Today’s activitiesReview of American literature

movements and social contextIntro to satireDefine termsLevels of Humor & extra credit

assignment“Advice to Youth”- Mark Twain“The Devil’s Dictionary” & group

assignment

American Literary Movements

Define:Satire – general term as well as

Horatian satire and Juvenalian satire

Verbal irony understatement,

overstatementSarcasmSituational irony

Define, differentiate, rank

EpithetParodySarcasmSardonicInvective

Aristotle: Levels of Humorhttp://

chahoppy.blogspot.com/2009/09/aristotle-levels-of-humor.html

Extra credit assignment: What does Heinrichs say about humor and satire as rhetorical strategies? Answer the question in paragraph form, citing textual evidence, and return to me by Monday.

Reading satireSpeaker and author may be

differentDo not read satire literally! Satire

is a form of irony; meaning is found in the opposite of literal meaning.

The levels of satire are strategies developed from devices and styles of diction. We will take a look at the types of devices used with the different satires we will read.

Twain’s “Advice to Youth”Read togetherAnalyze devices of satire

Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary”Background- began in 1881 http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Dictionary

Examples http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/

Assignment: In a group of no more than 4, write a satirical dictionary of terms having to do with education and high school. Your dictionary needs to have at least 10 terms.

Present to class (Friday)