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Satirical Comic Project Proposal

Directions: Complete the following questions – short answers are acceptable. Please get approval from Mr. Stephens before beginning your project.

People who are obsessed with losing weight (diet), ending up unhealthy, or anorexic.
 * 1) What do you plan to satirize (idea, organization, person, etc.)?

Becky wants to lose weight, and does not eat lunch, or dinner. She is stressed of everyone being so skinny except her. Her immune system weakens and gets sick; She finds a picture of an anorexic person and decides to change the way of her diet.
 * 1) What is the conflict in your story?

Main character, Becky, watching TV, and hanging out with her friends, she is so stressed that she is a little more buff than the others. (even though she is somehow thin)
 * 1) Briefly outline the plot events (bullet points okay)…

Becky wants to lose weight, and does not eat lunch, or dinner. She is stressed of everyone being so skinny except her. Her immune system weakens and gets sick; She finds a picture of an anorexic person and decides to change the way of her diet.

Becky Her parents, Her friends
 * 1) Who are the characters? (a limited number is a good idea)


 * 1) State how you will use the following devices (use at least five of the six listed):

refers to movie stars that had successed in diet
 * 1) Allusion


 * 1) Hyperbole (exaggeration) exaggeration about the way people diet

“This is my only choice….” “This is living hell!”
 * 1) Oxymoron


 * 1) Irony (sarcasm) friends make fun of her


 * 1) Parody

Someone making diet sound so easy
 * 1) Understatement