Which example would most likely be considered satirical? a. a reality television show reveals the plight of farmers trying to survive a year of drought. b. a political cartoon uses sarcasm to poke fun at the latest policy change in government. c. in a movie, an orderly confident guy looks at a girl and says, "did it hurt when you fell from heaven? " d. a poster shows an abnormally tall person standing next to a very short person, with the tall person saying, "man, i'd hate to be that short."

The example that would most likely be considered satirical is sentence B. In order to identify the best example, you have to know what satire is. According to the Collins dictionary, satire is the use of humour or exaggeration in order to show how foolish someone's ideas or behaviour are.  This is done especially to express a political point. A political cartoon using sarcasm to make fun of a policy change is definitely satirical because this situation means that someone who is part of politics (the people doing the cartoon) are laughing of their own work as well (a policy passed by the government).

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

the correct answer is b:

romeo and company are going to sneak in through the back.  

romeo was depressed because he wanted to try to forget about rosaline and be happy again. so mercutio told him to just go and have fun. and they sneak through the back because capuleto and montague families were enemies.