Instructions: Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Question(s) That

question 891

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Read the paragraph below and answer the question(s) that follow. (1) Satire is a type of humor that attacks or exposes foolishness or lack of good sense of a subject using sarcasm, wit, or irony. (2) Subjects of satire can be specific individuals or organizations. (3) Examples of modern satire include three popular animated TV comedy series: Family Guy , South Park , and The Simpsons . (4) All three repeatedly make fun of the modern American middle-class lifestyle as well as all other aspects of American culture and society. (5) In particular, greedy, selfish, or ineffective authority figures including parents, teachers, principals, police officers, elected officials, and the clergy are favorite targets of ridicule in all three of these comedies. (6) Other examples of modern television satire are The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report , two fake news programs that poke fun at the media, government, and politics. What word or phrase is being defined in this paragraph?

• A) humor
• B) satire
• C) foolishness

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Definitions:

Perceptual Set

Perceptual set refers to a predisposition or readiness to perceive something in a particular way, influenced by expectations, emotions, and experiences.

Bottom-up Processing

A method of information processing that starts with sensory input and builds up to the formation of perception from the basic stimuli.

Phi Phenomenon

A visual illusion where separate images shown in rapid succession appear to be a single moving image.

Phi Phenomenon

An optical illusion of perceiving continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession.