Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift

““A Modest Proposal” A Modest Proposal”

Gulliver’s TravelsGulliver’s Travels

What’s being satirized?What’s being satirized?

Basic plot & characters?Basic plot & characters?

Gulliver’s Travels documentary notesGulliver’s Travels documentary notes

Historical Historical

Restoration?Restoration?

Age of ReasonAge of Reason

The EnlightenmentThe Enlightenment

NeoclassicalNeoclassical

DeismDeism

SatireSatire

SatireSatireWhat is it?What is it?

What is its purpose?What is its purpose?Review satirical devices worksheetReview satirical devices worksheet

Mock epicMock epicHeroic CoupletHeroic Couplet

Alexander PopeAlexander Pope

The Rape of the LockThe Rape of the Lock

What is Pope satirizing?What is Pope satirizing?

How? Why?How? Why?

What does he want to accomplish?What does he want to accomplish?

Samuel PepysSamuel Pepys, , from The Diaryfrom The Diary

Daniel DefoeDaniel Defoe, , from A Journal of the from A Journal of the Plague YearPlague Year

Remember the historical accounts that Remember the historical accounts that these two writers share with us through these two writers share with us through their writing. How do they share it so their writing. How do they share it so

successfully? (successfully? (ImageryImagery?)?)

John DonneJohn Donne

““Meditation 17” Meditation 17” ““Holy Sonnet X”Holy Sonnet X”

““A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning”

Metaphysical PoetryMetaphysical PoetryCarpe Diem ThemeCarpe Diem ThemeEpigramEpigram

Samuel JohnsonSamuel JohnsonThe Preface to A Dictionary of the The Preface to A Dictionary of the

English LanguageEnglish Language

Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison““The Aims of the Spectator”The Aims of the Spectator”

What is an essay?What is an essay?What did these men want to What did these men want to

accomplish by writing these?accomplish by writing these?

Can you identify a gerund?Can you identify a gerund?

I love I love runningrunning..

Swimming Swimming is a sport.is a sport.

SingingSinging is her passion. is her passion.

MakingMaking good gradesgood grades is fun. is fun.

Honors OnlyHonors Only

John Milton,John Milton,

Paradise LostParadise Lost

Four Sentence TypesFour Sentence Types