Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Exploring the nuances of satirical and humorous tones with general academic vocabulary



Task 1:
Divide the words up into two groups: words more likely to describe Horatian satire and words more likely to describe Juvenalian satire.

Horatian satire: light-hearted, intended for fun
Juvenalian satire: bitter, angry attacking

Task #2
Provide an example for each vocabulary word your group is assigned.
Either embodying the adjective or alluding to an example of the adjective.

Example
Jocular: characterized by joking or jesting (kidding, unserious, lighthearted)

Jocular embodied:
It’s important that you do well on this vocabulary quiz but not as important as looking good for the semi-formal.

Jocular allusion:
The “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live tends to be jocular, whereas the Daily Show tends to be more bitingly satirical (or sardonic) in tone.

The opening monologue on Saturday Night Live tends to be jocular, but this past Saturday Chris Rock crossed the line into insolent, irreverent humor.

1
Amused
Caustic
Condescending
Contemptuous
Cynical

2
Disdainful
Droll
Facetious
Flippant
Insolent

3
Ironic
Irreverent
Malicious
Misanthropic
Misandristic

4
Misogynistic
Mock-heroic
Mock-serious
Patronizing
Pompous

5
Ribald
Ridiculing
Sarcastic
Sardonic

6
Satiric
Scornful
Whimsical
Wry

6 comments:

  1. JUVENILE~
    Scornful: The student put in her earbuds, and laughed, as she walked by an administrator.
    Satiric: The idea that you should eat babies, in a Modest Proposal, is juvenalian satire.
    Wry: Mr. Enos’s view on women's rights.

    HORATION~
    Whimsical: Mother Gothel from Tangled is whimsical, because she uses music and sarcastic humour to poke fun at the other characters in the movie.

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  2. Karina, Liam, and Josh

    Disdainful-Juvenalian
    Example: The look someone may give after being rudely interrupted would be disdainful.

    Droll-Horatian
    Example: Mr.Telles sometimes makes droll comments that aren’t easy to pick up but are clever when heard.

    Facetious-Juvenalian
    Example: Instead of giving serious answers during class, the student gave facetious answers to try and be funny.

    Flippant-Juvenalian
    Example: A student in class who doesn’t respect the teacher could be considered flippant.

    Insolent-Juvenalian
    Example: After the student was called into the principal’s office, he was being very insolent by making crude remarks.

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  3. Juvenalian: Sardonic, Ridiculing
    Horatian: Ribald, Sarcastic

    Examples:
    Ribald: When the man cut me off with his oversized monster of a truck I couldn't help but think he must be compensating for something.
    Ridiculing: Saturday Night Live ridicules famous celebrities by dressing up as them and making fun of their traits and most recent publicity.
    Sarcastic: “Did you drive to school today?”
    “No, I rode my unicorn.”
    Sardonic: She’s such a bad driver that I’m surprised she hasn’t yet killed herself along with everyone else in the city.

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  4. Task numero uno

    Horatian words-

    Amused - cause (someone) to find something funny; entertain.: "he made faces to amuse her" "people looked on with amused curiosity".

    Juvenalian words-

    Caustic - sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.: "the players were making caustic comments about the refereeing".

    Condescending - having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.: "she thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending" "a condescending smile".

    Contemptuous - showing contempt; scornful

    Cynical - believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.: "her cynical attitude".

    Task numero dos

    Examples:

    (amused) Madison is amused by cat meowing videos.

    (caustic) Most students at GHS “love” Michelle Obama for introducing her new cafeteria cuisine.

    (condescending) Mr. Anderson patronized the students by calling the seniors to an assembly concerning their behavior the previous weekend and speaking to them like as though they are incapable of controlling themselves.

    (contemptuous) The student population at GHS is intolerant and contemptuous of Mr. Anderson.

    (cynical) People aren’t aware that some of their charity money may not be going to those children in need.

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  5. Misogynistic- Women are idiots, they only bring down the human race. They can’t do anything but breed, eat and spend their husband’s hard earned money.

    Mock-heroic- Holy Grail and Monty Python is a perfect example of a mock- heroic.

    Mock-serious- “Yes Dad I love drugs!” He said in a mock-serious expression.

    Patronizing- “I know you might not understand, but that’s ok, I do. To turn on your phone you need to press the button that has the word ‘on’ on it.”

    Pompous- A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything.

    Juvenalian
    Misogynistic
    Patronizing
    Pompous


    Horatian
    Mock-serious
    Mock-heroic

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  6. Ironic (Horation)- happening in the opposite way to what is expected
    Irreverent (Horation) -showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
    Malicious (Juvenialin)- intending or intended to do harm
    Misanthropic (Juvenialin)- against humanity
    Misandristic( Juevenialin) - against men

    Ironic Embodiment: A person who breaks their leg falling down the stairs at a hospital.

    Irreverent Embodiment: When a group of people is admiring a work of art, and one person shouts, “What’s so great about that?”

    Malicious Embodiment: In order to reduce the risk of overpopulation and starvation, wipe out several civilizations. It would reduce the amount of people reproducing and consuming food.

    Misanthropic Allusion: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift criticizes society based on human greed and lack respect within households.

    Misandristic Allusion: The Feminist Movement, and their goal to dehumanize men in the way that women have been in the past by taking away rights and privileges such as voting, working certain jobs, being paid equally, and being treated as objects.

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