Which example would most likely be considered satirical? a. on a television show, when a police officer shows a photo to a man accused of burglary, the man quickly replies, "that's not me! " b. in a play, the characters are costumed in outlandish clothes to portray style and wealth, but their exaggerated attire just reveals their foolishness. c. in a comic book, the character shandra criticizes a specific clothing store while wearing a t-shirt printed with the store's logo. d. a poster in the teacher's lounge shows a student placing an apple on his teacher's desk and telling her he doesn't want her to get sick.

The correct answer is B. In a play, the characters are costumed in outlandish clothes to portray style and wealth, but their exaggerated attire just reveals their foolishness.

Explanation:

Satire refers to a genre of literature which is used in other fields including arts whose main purpose is to criticize negative aspects of the society or the individuals by using humor and exaggeration which creates social criticism of individual and society vices, abuses or flaws. This means when a material is satirical is because it aims at criticizing negative aspects and for doing this it uses exaggeration and mockery that made the audience or reader reflect about how negative these aspects are. Considering this, the example that would most likely be considered satirical is "In a play, the characters are costumed in outlandish clothes to portray style and wealth, but their exaggerated attire just reveals their foolishness" because in this example the main goal is to show negative aspects of society (foolishness of wealthy people) or create a social critique by using exaggeration and humor, which is exactly the purpose of satire.

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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