Example Of A Satire Analysis

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5/14/13 Population Growth Outspring Resources Worldwide Dear Citizens of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERRRCA, Look, we have a problem! It’s too many of y’all females getting pregnant. It’s like a ant colony out here. Our population grew 1.5 million since 15 years ago and it is estimated to upsurge to 2.5 billion by 2050! Do you know what 2.5 Billion is? That’s Oprah’s Pay Check for this month! That’s like… I don't know… 20 Zeros or something like that! And then out top of that, y'all females and y'all dirty kids pollute everything. Y’all not people! Y’all some damn goldfish! Especially the fat kids; All you do is consume and poop! You can ask Paige about that! All y'all do is eat up everything, Use all the gas, pollute the air with y’all dumb…show more content…
Some satire elements I used were repetition, paradox, tone, anecdote, and several more. An example of me using repetition is when is repeated the phrase “You can ask Paige about that” I used this phrase to emphasize that Paige knows about fat people since she did her modest proposal on obesity. She can support my “Facts”. It throws a sense of ethics into my modest proposal. An example of paradox is when I stated “Stone walls don’t make a prison, nor iron bars a cage.” I used these phrase to lead into another satire element, dramatic. My dramatic statement was “but them panties should at least make a sign that says “No heat-seeking moisture missile””. I wanted to make a realistic but dramatic statement to highlight that there needs to be less sex involved. I wanted to avoid the word “penis”. I did not want the essay to be too inappropriate. The tone in my modest proposal goes from a country, ignorant tone when I was joking around but as the real facts, and humane decisions come to light, the tone transitioned to a more serious tone, but not too serious. Then it goes back to a country ignorant tone as I start to play around with it again. It helps the reader/listener know when statements are serious and when statements are not
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