Mark Twain wrote that we have only "one really effective weapon--laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication--these can lift a colossal humbug--push it a little--weaken it a little, century by century; but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast."
Why do you think that laughter is a powerful weapon when it comes to getting people or institutions to change their ways? (Satire)
Writer's Purpose
In general, a writer's purpose can be to describe, to inform, to narrate, to entertain, to analyze, or to persuade.
Satires are usually exaggerated and humorous, but the true satirist intends to do more than simply make you laugh. Real-world change; reform; honest reexamination of values; the development of new goals, attitudes, and perspectives--these are the satirist's deeper purposes.
transcend: (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed
SYNONYMS: surpass, outstrip
Use a semicolon (;) to separate two related main clauses if the word and, for, or but has been left out.
Ex. The attack was launched as planned; the enemy was defeated.
Ex. Allison, go to your room; this is not the first time that you have been disobedient.
Homework:
Finish reading (if necessary) pp470-473; read pp474-475; answer questions 1-7 on p476.
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