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A Modest Proposal WebQuest
1. Visit lhe Biograpfry website 61 http://wwwbiography.com/people4onathan:swift'9500342?page=1
and read "Jonathan Swift" then answer the following questions:
a. Who was Jonathan Swift? Where and when was he born?
b. Name three notable and/or interesting events or accomplishments during his life.
2. Visit the
lrish Societywebsite at http:/Arvww.irish-society.or#home/hedgqmaster-archives-2/
hi$tory-eventslthe-penal-lawg:efa and read "The Penal Laws Era" to answer the following questions:
a. What were lrish Penal Laws (a.k.a. the Popery Act) and why were they established in lreland?
b. What might your life be like if you were an lrish Catholic living in lreland at this time?
3. Visit a dictionary to answer the following questions:
a. Swift once said that he hated "that animal called man" and was labeled a misanthrope. Visit a dictionary
and define the word. What, in Swift's upbringing, may have provoked this ideology?
b. Can you relate to Swift's misanthropy?
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Satires At-A-Glance
Directions: Read, watch and listen to the works noted below, then answer the two corresponding
questions for each work using the reverse if needed. After analyzing the four works, answer the three
questions at the bottom of the page.
Read and examine Mad Magazine's
"Muddled Family" here: http:11
ww"w mad mggazi ne. com/sites/
defaultff iles/f iles/20 1 1 /09iMAD-509Muddled-Familyl .jpg
What issue is being addressed in the work?
Read "Facebook Funeral for
Computer Game Enthusiast" by Dan
Geddes from lhe Satirist here: http:li
www.thesati rist. co m/n ews/
Computer Gamer Mourned Faaqla
ok.html
What issue is being addressed in the work?
Read "New Study: Books Don't Take
You Anywhere" from The Onion
Archive lssue 28.17 here: httP:/l
What issue is being addressed in the work?
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Where is humor found in the work? How is it created?
Where is humor found in the work? How is it created?
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Where is humor found in the work? How is it created?
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Listen to the song "Short People" by
Randy Newman posted by Lyrics
OnScreen here (lyrics only included
in video) : http ://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=BUllvScaSAl
What issue is being addressed in the work?
Where is humor found in the work? How is it created?
1. What similarities do these works share?
2. Which work is the most persuasive and why?
3. Which work is your favorite and why?