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=**Satirical Comic Project Proposal**=


 * Should have:**

• Allusion - a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing: e.g., "He met his Waterloo."

• Hyperbole (exaggeration) - is a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration: e.g., "The shot heard 'round the world."

• Oxymoron - a figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory ideas or terms are combined (Ex.: thunderous silence, sweet sorrow) (yourdictionary.com); oxymorons are often used in satire to reveal the foolishness of something. An oxymoron can also be a phrase, for example "I can resist everything but temptation." -- Mark Twain

• Irony (sarcasm) - is the use of verbal irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it: e.g., "As I fell down the stairs headfirst, I heard her say, 'Look at that coordination.'"

• Parody - a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: e.g., his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy (dictionary.com). Parody makes fun of some familiar style, typically be keeping the style more or less constant while markedly lowering or debasing the subject (A Handbook to Literature). So a parody of Hamlet's soliloquy where he contemplates suicide might have Hamlet contemplating whether or not to eat a cupcake. Parody can also simply mean to mimic humorously.

• Understatement - is the opposite of hyperbole. It is a kind of irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than is really is: e.g., "I could probably manage to survive on a salary of two million dollars per year."

• It should clearly mock something -- society, school, government, etc.

• It should be long enough to effectively mock the thing in question.

• It should use photos, drawings, or other art to demonstrate creativity and originality.

• It should use the program Comic Life.

Directions: Complete the following questions – short answers are acceptable. Please get approval from Mr. Stephens before beginning your project.
//What do you plan to satirize (idea, organization, person, etc.)?//

I was thinking of satirizing rich people. $$

//What is the conflict in your story?//

The conflict is that the main character has a lot of money and can't decide on where to go for her birthday. Her friends and family make suggestions but she is too spoiled/snobby to accept the ideas and rejects every one of them, becoming more spoiled.

//Briefly outline the plot events (bullet points okay)…//

-Main character (girl) wakes up knowing its her birthday but her parents forget. -She is sad but to cheer herself up she makes birthday plans to go somewhere. -She goes to school bragging about her birthday and birthday trip. -Goes home taking her friends and parents also make suggestions of places like Paris or Hawaii but rejects them.... -Friends are envious and get irritated from all the bragging -Friends talk to parents, saying their daughter is too spoiled, so parents end up not take her to Rio or wherever. -Instead they throw a party at their house -Friends and family celebrate the birthday, girl is happy for actually spending time with parents, learns lesson and no more spoiled daughter ... :D

//Who are the characters? (a limited number is a good idea)//

Spoiled daugher Mother Father Friend 1 Friend 2 Friend 3

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

Allusion - One of the rich daughter's friends is a follower of Confucius's teachings so she "enlightens" them, like ex. "Confucius once said to respect your parents and take care of them ..."

Hyperbole (exaggeration) - Exaggerates that her family is so rich she can buy Europe.

Oxymoron - At one point they all watch TV of poor people and the funds for them in her room and daughter brags "What a pitty.. They are so rich with poor, unlike moi of course!."

Irony (sarcasm) -The irony will be since the daughter is rich she will be going to a regular school rather than a private school.

Parody - Imitates bratty rich kids who don't appreciate the simply things in life and always want more but end up wasting their blessings but still want more. (which is bad) So they learn the lesson the hard way.

Understatement - When the spoiled daughter shows off her many old birthday presents of toys and the latest electronics that she never uses (but still keeps them selfishly) and whines about being bored "having nothing to do everyday" so she just sits around, bored and wasting her gifts.