SATIRE?

A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices, abuses, stupidity, and/or any other fault or imperfection. Satire may make the reader laugh at, or feel disgust for, the person or thing satirized. Impishly or sardonically, it criticizes someone or something, using wit and clever wording—and sometimes makes outrageous assertions or claims. The main purpose of a satire is to spur readers to remedy the problem under discussion. The main weapon of the satirist is verbal irony, a figure of speech in which words are used to ridicule a person or thing by conveying a meaning that is the opposite of what the words say.

Blog Assignment 1: What is satire? Does A Modest Proposal qualify as satire? Explain.

I think satire means your own judgment sarcastically. In the definition above it states, “Satire may make the reader laugh at, or feel disgust for.” People tell me all the time that I speak sarcastically and I do notice that sarcasm either makes someone laugh or results to them being mad or upset. I think a Modest Proposal does qualify as satire. The reasoning is because when you are doing a Modest Proposal, you are giving your perspective on a subjects. You will dig to find “clever wording” to back up your reasoning which is satire. Making someone feel like their understanding is wrong by switching up words is satire. Basically make your opponent feel dumb!