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Read the following:
Article:
What is Satire?--Author is unknown
I hear
people all the time say, "satire is so stupid; I don't get it." The
point of a satire is to bring about social change through the use of sarcasm
and/ or irony. Sometimes you have to
read it a few times; sometimes the author can be misunderstood. A satire
usually does not have a rhyme scheme-it's more of a free verse, or a narrative.
I created mine one day I was thinking about all of the people in this world
getting plastic surgery and wanting to look "perfect". I thought
about the image we are putting in young minds that if they don't like the way
God made them, then they can pay a doctor to make them look any way they want.
Feel free to comment: Here it is:
How To Get Skinny and
Beautiful in No Time at all- a Satire
If you
really want advice on how to lose weight, watch a morbidly obese person down a
Big Mac, large fry, chicken pot pie, fried pickles, twinkies, a large soda, and
an apple pie with ice cream on the side. As they salivate and moan over their
meal, you will look like a chicken bone. Or else, it will make you so sick, you
won’t be able to eat for a week.
If you want
to get skinny, take a vegan hunting. Have them load the gun, sit in a tree
stand, and work for their meal. You’ll end up eating a dandelion salad with
fresh honey from the bee hive. You might just eat anything to stay alive.
If you want
to lose thirty pounds in thirty days, get liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a
breast reduction. While you are sucking it out, also get cheek implants, lip
injections, and don’t forget to lose those wrinkles! Get a face lift, some
botox, and some permanent black eyeliner.
Take my
advice and you will be skinny, beautiful, and unique in one week- but not for
long- since everyone else wants to change and they’ll all look just like you in
no time at all.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the point the author is
trying to get across in the satire “How
To Get Skinny and Beautiful in No Time”?
2. What is one specific example the
author uses to make his/her point?
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