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    Satire on Cheerleading

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    off by the administration)‚ dye your hair blonde‚ wear your skirt half way up your ass‚ and have a positive eating disorder (any to make you skinny). With these few qualifications‚ your chances for being a part of this team are great. So‚ why doesn’t everyone start failing and throwing up their food? Being a cheerleading is an instant access key to popularity. I mean‚ who doesn’t like cheerleaders? Their easy to get into bed with‚ their stupid so you can walk all over them‚ and they have good bodies

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    Abortion Satire

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    things‚ more specific abortion. Abortion is an essentially malevolence act that dangerously violates the dignity of an innocent human being by taking away his or her life. It is not a surgical or medical safe procedure. It is indispensable to mention that abortion seriously injures the dignity of those innocent babies‚ which people who support it say they are not human beings‚ and also indispensable to affirm that people who commit it suffer psychological and moral trauma. Marginalizing abortion marginalizes

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    Advice to Youth Satire

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    society are being told to become just like everyone else and that discourages their individuality. He uses sarcasm‚ so that he can assume the role of an elder in society‚ the kind of people he attacks‚ which instructs younger people how to act. Mark Twain does an exemplary job in copying exactly the types of teachings for youth that have been passed down through the ages. The idea of respecting one’s elders has been around for a long time. The article gives expresses of both adult and teen satire. But

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    short story is all but modest. The proposal is that the people of Ireland should start eating babies in order to dilute the population and to provide money (to‚ for example‚ the renters) for the poor who cannot afford food. John Swift uses this ironic satire in order to catch the reader’s attention. It is his way of saying ‘here is a ridiculous idea‚ now think of an actual solution’. The solution that Swift proposes is one that would work but is deemed immoral.

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    Pregnancy Satire

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    and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually” (“Teen Pregnancy”). Based on these statistics‚ high schoolers often enjoy unprotected sex. However‚ teenagers are not even close to being mature enough for the responsibility of raising a child. It is not an age issue‚ but a mental one‚ since teenagers do not realize that if protection is not used‚ they are simply asking for a baby. Teens do not bother thinking about the repercussions

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    The Gangsterds Satire

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    skill after each carving he does. The Basterds receive a special mission that will allow them to assassinate several head officers of the Nazi Socialist Party‚ including Hitler. The film also follows the life of a Jew‚ Shosana‚ who barely escapes from being killed by the Nazis. She is fortunate to get the opportunity to get revenge on the Nazis. Several Nazi head officers‚ including Hitler‚ are coming to her cinema to watch the premiere of a Nazi film that will fuel Nazi Germany’s pride. The Basterds

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    Satire in Gulivers Travels

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    Satire in Gulliver’s Travels Satire is a literary genre of Greek origin (satyr)‚ in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn‚ derision‚ or ridicule. Although satire is usually meant to be funny‚ its purpose is often irony or sarcasm‚ ideally with the intent of shaming individuals‚ religion‚ and communities themselves‚ into improvement. In Gulliver’s Travels‚ satire is shown through narration‚ setting‚ character‚ and plot. Jonathan Swift uses utopia and dystopia as elements of setting‚ and

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    Satire On Campus Analysis

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    today at the unique challenges that college students face when engaging in satire and humor on campus‚ from humor magazines and editorial cartoons to satirical flyers and blogs. Like newspaper theft and denial of newspaper funding (which we have already explored this week)‚ this is an issue that FIRE has seen time and time again on university campuses over the years. For any number of reasons‚ parody‚ jokes‚ and satire-whether in print or otherwise—tend to rankle students and university administrators

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    The 3 Types of Satire

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    Satire notes: Analytical Reading 3 techniques of satire: 1. Exaggeration: Represents something beyond normal boundaries so that it becomes absurd‚ and reveals its faults. 2. Incongruity: Presents things that are out of place. 3. Reversal: Presents the opposite of the normal order. 4. Parody: Imitates the techniques or style of a person‚ place‚ or thing. The fallowing is taken in context from an excerpt from A Modest Proposal Can you locate an example of exaggeration in the passage

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    November 29‚ 2011 No Basketball Anymore When most Americans hear the abbreviation “NBA” they think of the National Basketball Association‚ but when I hear “NBA” I think of three simple words: No Basketball Anymore. And see that is exactly what I propose should happen. It seems that the never-ending NBA lockout has become quite a troublesome part of many American’s lives. The stress of always wondering when they get to watch their favorite sport again is overwhelming and the financial toll it has

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