Satire Project Plan

The most effective medium for my satire will be a document like Swift's. I will probably use a serious tone like in "A Modest Proposal", and also make it funny and ridiculous. I will add some pictures about the problem I will be trying to communicate to make people understand it more. I am going to use simple words that a fifth-grader can understand since I will be trying to give the message to people of all ages. My topic will be about the use of technology and I think it is a problem that even little kids have now. My point will be to get people to actually talk to each other more because, now a days, anywhere you go everyone is just on their phones!

Vocabulary #2

approbation: approval/ acceptance
assuage: make less intense, sooth or to satisfy
coalition: an alliance for combined action, union
decadence: moral/culture decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure. sin/immorality
elicit: provoke, draw out a response from someone in reaction to one's own actions.
expostulate: express strong disapproval/disagreement
hackneyed: unoriginal/common. (of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused
hiatus: pause/gap in a sequence. A break or interruption
innuendo: implication. An allusive or oblique remark/hint
intercede: to step in, intervene on behalf another
jaded: tired, bored
lurid: very vivid in color usually to create an unnatural effect, bright, glaring
meritorious: deserving reward/praise. admirable
petulant: (of a person or manner) childishly sulky, bad-tempered
prerogative: a right/privilege exclusive to a particular individual
provincial: of or concerning a province of a country, small-town, rural
simulate: imitate, to pretend to
transcend: to be/go beyond the range or limits of, surpass, to excede
umbrage: offense/annoyance or a shade/shadow
unctuous: (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering, humble; oily

Vocabulary #1

adumbrate: report/symbolize/to represent
apotheosis: highest point, climax
ascetic: characterized by, severe self-discipline/ abstention from indulgence
bauble: a small/showy decoration
beguile: enchant someone in a misleading way
burgeon: begin to grow, flourish, prosper, improve
complement: a thing that completes/brings to perfection
contumacious: stubbornly/willfully disobedient  to authority
curmudgeon: bad-tempered or unfriendly person
diction: choice & use of words in phrases in speech or writing
didactic: intended to teach, having moral instruction as an educational motive
disingenuous: not sincere, typically pretending that one knows less about something that one really does, dishonest
exculpate: show/declare that (someone) is not guilty
faux pas: an embarrassing act or remark in a social situation
fulminate: express "passionate/intense" protest, speak against, rage about
fustian: thick, durable twilled cloth
hauteur: lack of respect, pride, arrogance
inhibit: prevent, create difficulties
jeremiad: long, mournful complaint/lamentation
mood: state of feeling/mind, what feeling the work creates for the readers
opportunist: person who benefits from circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles
stupid: lacing of common sense, willful ignorance to new information
syllogism: trying to prove something, basic argument
syntax: arrangement of words & phrases to create well-formed sentences
theme: subject of a talk, main message/topic
tone: attitude of a piece of writing
unconscionable: not right/reasonable

My Big Question

My Big Question is . . . How will the world be in many years from now? How will it be changed with technology, new inventions, new ways of thinking, and new skills that kids will be taught later on?

Resources to my question:

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/02/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020/




https://www.fastcompany.com/3043387/sector-forecasting/5-big-ways-education-will-change-by-2020



https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/aug/15/internet-brain-neuroscience-debate

Response to "Conscience of a Hacker"

I really enjoyed reading "Conscience of a Hacker" and agreed to everything that was stated. It is all very accurate. As I read it, I could relate and understand what he was saying... about the teachers, computers & how we are all alike! I feel it is the truth and sometimes people or other adults see us as if we don't know anything. In their eyes, we're probably not as good/smart as them. However, I think all of us are capable of many things and are equal. Like he said, "...you can't stop us all...we're all alike..." We are all criminals, probably with different "crimes", but, at the end,  WE ARE ALL THE SAME.

Response to "A Modest Proposal"

In "A Modest Proposal", Jonathan Swift makes a suggestion to help prevent all the children of the poor from becoming burdens and thieves later on. He proposes that they get EATEN! Jonathan uses diction and syntax to make his article fit the criteria of satire. Jonathan explains the ways the babies could get eaten at an early age and how, supposably, that would be beneficial to the country. His message is basically to tell the people that why bring many kids into this world if they can't really care for them . . . to start thinking of all the conflicts that can be created because of many kids having to be in poverty. Obviously, his solution is not good or realistic at all! How can people eat other human beings? But he just says this to create satire and get the reader's attention. Throughout the text, he used a very serious and calm tone that made it seem he actually meant everything he was saying about the babies being food, but he just wanted to make a clear point. & I think with this satire, he got people's attention easier and was able to convey his message to them.

EVERYTHING'S AMAZING

In the Louis CK's riff " Everything is amazing and nobody is happy" he uses many satirical elements. It makes people realize that they are always complaining of everything and take things for granted. Some of the satirical examples he uses to describe people nowadays as "idiots" are explaining how before people had to stand next to the phone on the wall, connected with a cord, and had to spin it in order to call someone. Now that it is very easy and almost everyone carries a cellphone with them everywhere, they still complain. He also says that it may help to bring back some donkeys carrying pots around on the sides so people can see how it was way harder back then. Now that we have many types of transportation. people still think is never good enough and complain for every little thing. For example, he explains how some people are so dumb and say they had a bad trip on an airplane just for the delays or wifi problems. His point is that they don't realize how incredible it is of just the fact that you're traveling in the sky. Louis also says that before in order to get money out of a bank was sometimes hard. They had to go all the way to the actual bank, fill out checks, and, I think , he uses some satire when saying that even if you had a credit card, the guys would have to call the president to make sure you did have the money. When now people can get it anywhere! Everything we have right now, is AMAZING!