Monday, March 9 satire as a propaganda tool

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Learning Targets: 11-12R1: I can cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly/implicitly and make logical inferences, including determining where the text is ambiguous; develop questions for deeper understanding and for further exploration.

11-12R4: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings. I can analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning, tone, and mood, including words with multiple meanings. Analyze how an author uses and refines the meaning of technical or key term(s) over the course of a text

I think we have sufficiently established how satire can help to make people aware of societal and political flaws. Today, however, we are going to switch it up and put the satire in the hands of the government and politicians, in this case the military and Walt Disney.

To begin, please watch the following 

documentary produced by the US government

 in World War II. 

Blitz Wolf  (10 minutes)

Assignment: respond to the following prompt

in approximately 150 words.

Please send along by midnight tonight, in order to

 receive full credit, unless your receive extended time.

1. Incorporating your knowledge of US history, what 

was the purpose of the film? Make sure to 

reference specific scenes and techniques. 

Review of satirical techniques:

1. 1. parody-a piece of writing, music, etc., that 
2. 
   
3. imitates the style of someone or something else 
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5. in an amusing way

1. 2. burlesque-a play, story, novel, etc., that 

   
   

   makes a serious subject seem funny or 

   
   

   ridiculous; a metaphor in which the figurative

   
   

    comparison is exceptionally comic, grotesque, or

   
   

    exaggerated.  

   3. exaggeration- to think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is

2.   4 juxtaposition-the act of placing two things next to each other
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    5. analogy- that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others
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5. 6. comparison-the act of looking at things to see how they are similar or different
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7. 7. double entendre-
8.  ambiguity of meaning arising from language that tends itself to more than one interpretation
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