Addressing a problem in your community

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Question: Part 1:

For this Unit Project, you will be writing a satirical essay or creating a satirical presentation addressing a problem in your community.

In this first part, spend some time researching your topic. You may choose community on any level: local, school, national, or world. You may choose a topic as large as global warming or as focused as uniforms in your high school. I recommend choosing something on the national scale for ease of research.

Possible topics could include:

Global warming
Health care
Food stamps or unemployment benefits
Gun control
Immigration
NSA domestic surveillance
Gay marriage
Marijuana legalization
National debt
Education reform
These are a few suggestions, but you may choose any topic that you can satirize. (The exception to this is abortion rights. This topic is off-limits for this essay.)

Once you have chosen a topic, think about how your paper or presentation will explain the debate:

What are the arguments on either side?
What logical, ethical, and emotional appeals are used?
Who are the key figures in the debate (politicians, actors, news pundits, etc)?
Use a minimum of four quotes, properly cited.
Then, think about a ridiculous solution to the problem that you will propose. Your paper must include logical, ethical, and emotional appeals to make a satirical case as to why your ridiculous solution is the "best" solution.

Your whole essay/presentation should be written in a satirical tone, in the way that Swift does in Modest Proposal. (You can also refer to Stephen Colbert as an excellent modern example.) Sell your solution!

You must use all three of the following satirical devices:

Exaggeration or hyperbole
Understatement
Irony or Sarcasm

Part 2

Now that you have researched your satirical argument and solution, essay about it or turn your argument into a multi-media presentation.

Here, give your argument more dimension. Your presentation should include a variety of additional materials:

Video clips from key figures in the debate
Sound
Music
Pictures
Animations
If you choose to essay, it must be around five pages in length, not including the Works Cited page. Your final draft should be saved and submitted as .doc or .pdf file. It should be in 12-point font in.

If you choose to create a presentation, it must be at least three minutes long or include a minimum of ten slides, with at least.

10% of your grade will be on grammar and mechanics. Clearly and correctly as you can. This means that 90% of your grade is based on your ideas - however, you will not earn an A if you do not proofread carefully and check for errors.

Most importantly, remember this is a culminating project for the Satire Unit. Your essay or presentation should show everything you have learned throughout the unit.

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