What is the issue Twain is satirizing?

What techniques does Twain use to create his satire?

What is the issue McCullough is satirizing?

What techniques does McCullough use to create his satire?

How effectively do the techniques used communicate TwainÍs position?

How effectively do the techniques used communicate McCulloughÍs position?

How are the messages communicated by Twain and McCullough similar?

Which message could you relate to more? Explain why in a minimum of three sentences.

The issue Mark Twain is satirizing is the advice grown ups give to children. His position on the matter is that advice generally given to teenagers and small kids are designed to make them all conform to the same idea.

The techniques that Twin uses to create his satire are hyperbole, wit, understatement, irony, and parody.

The techniques McCullough uses to create his satire include hyperbole, understatement, and caricature.

The techniques that Twin uses to create his satire are hyperbole, wit, understatement, irony, and parody.

The issue McCullough is satirizing involves students being taught to excel in everything they do. He thinks that children today should not worry so much about impressing others and trying to be the best. McCullough feels they should follow interests that are new to them and invest themselves 'in the moment'

McCullough uses the hyperbole technique to exaggerate things that the readers do not really need to do to impress others. The author wants the reader to accomplish goals that make them feel happy.

I could relate to McCullough's message the most. I can accomplish big goals. But it should be because I want to make myself happy, not to impress others. For instance, my art and music I do not preform in front of thousands because I want to impress them. I preform because I feel amazing when I do so. There's something special about song.