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“A Modest Proposal” By: Jonathan Swift
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Objectives for Today: Agenda for Wed. 11 /18 30052H
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Cast Away essay due Monday at
beginning of class. Starbucks test on Monday, Nov. 23 Define and
identify sarcasm and verbal irony in A Modest Proposal. Define and
identify emotional, ethical, and logical appeals in A Modest
Proposal. Interpret how emotional, ethical, and logical appeals
effect persuasion in proposals. A Modest Proposal By: Jonathan
Swift The cover of this week's New Yorker magazine depicts Obama in
one-piece Muslim garb and headdress fist-bumping his booted,
Afro-wearing wife Michelle in camo clothes with an AK-47 and
ammo-belt slung over her shoulder beneath a portrait of Osama
bin-Laden while the American flag burns in the fireplace -- in the
presidential Oval Office.It's got everything incendiary except a
vest bomb. Which is what should telegraph to most people that it's
way over-the-top and, therefore, satire.LA Times Representatives of
Obama and McCain both denounced the cover as tasteless and
offensive.
Eugene Kane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel site: "I actually
understand what satire means but I'm guessing there are plenty of
Americans who won't have a clue what the magazine cover is trying
to say." SATIRE A literary work which attacks human vices, follies,
shortcomings, or stupidity through ridicule, derision, irony,
sarcasm, wit, & scathing humor. Satire often ridicules a target
in an attempt to bring about improvement, i.e. shaming it into
reform. Targets of Satire a person or a group of people an idea or
an attitude
society and its institutions a social practice a place (city,
state, or nation) Targets of A Modest Proposal
English People Catholics Irish People Landlords Americans Means of
Satire Art Music Poetry, prose Drama, film
Cartoons, comic strips Commentary Tools of Satire Verbal ironywords
of praise which convey criticism and words of criticism which
convey praise Great. Sarcasma type of verbal irony often in the
form of a remark in which the literal meaning is complimentary, but
the actual meaning is critical. Good Job! Anatomy of a Proposal
Proposal: the act of offering or suggesting something for
acceptance, adoption, or performance. Three literary tools used in
proposals Emotional Appeals Ethical Appeals Logical Appeals
Emotional Appeals Passages that use words that arouse strong
feelings
Emotional examples Vivid descriptions Narratives of emotional
events Emotional tone Figurative language Dr. Martin Luther Kings
Letter from Birmingham Jail
I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts
of segregation to say, 'Wait.' But when you have seen vicious mobs
lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and
brothers at whim; when you have seen hate filled policemen curse,
kick, brutalize and even kill your black brothers and sisters with
impunity; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your
speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old
daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has
just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her
eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children,
and see the depressing clouds of inferiority begin to form in her
little mental sky, and see her begin to distort her little
personality by unconsciously developing a bitterness toward white
people; when you are humiliated day in and day out by nagging signs
reading 'white' and 'colored'; when you are forever fighting a
degenerating sense of 'nobodiness'; then you will understand why we
find it difficult to wait." Ethical Appeals Passages that establish
the writers qualifications and sincerity Demonstrates author's
reliability, competence, and respect for the audience's ideas and
values through reliable and appropriate use of support and general
accuracy Logical Appeals Passages that use evidence such as facts
or statistics to support a position Theoretical, abstract language
Denotative meanings/reasons Literal and historical analogies
Definitions Factual data and statistics Quotations Citations from
experts and authorities Informed opinions "Buy this set of
encyclopedias because it has been voted Best on the Market for
seven years in a row, at an excellent price, contains over 400,000
interesting facts, and is updated annually." Examples of Satire
Saturday Night Lives Weekend Updatesatirizes TV news and criticizes
human flaws and vices related to politics, entertainment, and
current events. Scary Movie Satirizes horror
movies by exaggerating the techniques used to scare audiences.
Austin Powers Satirizes 1960s spy movies. Tackles sexism toward
women and ridicules escapes by the spy and stupidity of the evil
villain. Political Cartoons Satirize politicians and political
issues by criticizing policy decisions and personality traits of
elected officials. Political Cartoons This is Spinal Tap Satirizes
rockumentaries and the excess of modern musicians. Weird Als Songs
Satirizes musicians & music videos by commenting on the excess
of modern musicians as well as simplicity and immaturity of the
lyrics. Animal Farm Satirizes Communist Russia Split into Expert
Groups
Number off into Five groups. Sarcasm, Verbal Irony, Emotional
Appeal, Ethical Appeal, and Logical Appeal. Take time in your
groups to: Come up with a group definition of your literary terms.
Find three examples in Swifts A Modest Proposal of your literary
terms. (Note the page and paragraph of example.) Expert Groups Now
that youve defined your literary terms in your own words and found
two examples, come up with a way to teach your findings to your
home groups. **The key is to make it memorable and creative. You
could write a poem, draw a picture, sing a song, etc. Time to teach
what you learned.
Tools Verbal Irony Experts Sarcasm Experts Emotional Appeal Experts
Ethical Appeal Experts Logical Appeal Experts **If you can teach
something that means you know it.** Follow Up What is this?
Emotional Appeal What is this? Yea, that girls really smart.
Sarcasm What is this? Logical Appeal What is this? Logical Appeal
What is this? Emotional and Ethical Appeal What is this? Logical
Appeal What is this? Emotional Appeal What is this? Verbal Irony
What is this? Ethical Appeal What is this? Ethical Appeal What is
this? Emotional Appeal What is this? Emotional Appeal What is this?
Ethical Appeal What is this? Grandma! You lookbeautiful! Sarcasm
What is this? MMMM! That looks healthy! Verbal Irony What is this?
Verbal Irony Review Objectives Define and identify sarcasm and
verbal irony in A Modest Proposal. Define and identify emotional,
ethical, and logical appeals in A Modest Proposal. Interpret how
emotional, ethical, and logical appeals affect persuasion in
proposals.