satire essay -- 2

Now that we've learned what satire is and have practiced rhetorically analyzing a couple of different pieces of satire, you will use these skills to analyze a piece of satire that you will find on your own and develop that analysis into an essay.

You can choose a piece of satire that is a short story, a poem, a TV show or movie (or clips from a show/movie), a comic strip or cartoon drawing, a YouTube video, or a song.

Some well-known examples of satire that you can use are the following:

Saturday Night Live
Key & Peele
Weird Al's songs
Monty Python
Family Guy
Do some research to see what other famous examples of satire you can find
Once you have found your example of satire, begin your pre-writing of rhetorically analyzing it by answering the following questions:

Rhetorical Situation

Who is the creator of this piece of satire?
What are the topic and purpose of the satire?
Who is the audience?
What is the context for this satire? (How is it relevant to its time period?)
Rhetorical Appeals

Ethos

What kind of credibility or authority does the creator/writer/speaker have?
How does the creator establish credibility?
Pathos

What kind of emotional appeal does the piece have for its audience?
How does the creator establish an emotional or relatable connection with the audience?
Logos

What kind of logical appeal does the creator/writer/speaker establish?
How does the creator establish a sense of logic and evidence in that piece of satire?
Overall conclusions

What are the biggest strengths, rhetorically speaking, in this piece of satire?
What are some weakness in this piece of satire, and how could they be better?

Please write the essay and provide info below on a separate document
A brief summary (one paragraph) of what your piece of satire is (title, who it's created by, the general topic that it addresses, why you chose it)
An MLA Works Cited citation for the piece of satire.