A Modest Proposal Read the original text. Prepare to discuss it in class on Tuesday.
The Daily Show Thursday night
After watching this, research and answer the final questions (use the coin and the treasury secretary)
1. What are the news items that form the basis of the segment?
2. How does the newscaster make use of visual support (sound bites of other media broadcasts, photos, or slogans, for example)?
3. Besides making fun of the subject matter or the personalities involved in the news, what is the overall effect of the satiric message as compared to the original intent of the message as a news item or a profile of an individual?
In groups (if you wish), choose a news item to satire. Write the address for your newscaster to read to the "television" audience. At this point, you are only writing the script.
What is satire? This provides a definition, as well as elements of satire.
The Daily Show Thursday night
After watching this, research and answer the final questions (use the coin and the treasury secretary)
1. What are the news items that form the basis of the segment?
2. How does the newscaster make use of visual support (sound bites of other media broadcasts, photos, or slogans, for example)?
3. Besides making fun of the subject matter or the personalities involved in the news, what is the overall effect of the satiric message as compared to the original intent of the message as a news item or a profile of an individual?
In groups (if you wish), choose a news item to satire. Write the address for your newscaster to read to the "television" audience. At this point, you are only writing the script.
What is satire? This provides a definition, as well as elements of satire.