My Analysis

Creating and Communication

This unit helped me learn about the literary devices, irony, satire and allusion by showing me how they’re used everyday. In this unit, we learned how The Simpsons uses these literary devices to create a humorous and light show, from heavy or dark topics. I expressed my ideas and used concrete evidence, by explaining the literary devices used in the show and giving an example of that device in a structured paragraph. An example of this is how I talked about the show using irony. This, especially in the opening scene in how it gives a angelic and heaven like feel, when the opposite topics are present in the show. I improved clarity and refined my text by keeping my thoughts concise, creating well organized paragraphs, and choosing quality over quantity as best as I could.

Core Competency Reflection

I can describe how satire, irony and/or allusion relates to Scooby-Doo. In The Simpsons we hear a character say “I would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for you meddling kids”, which is an allusion to a line said in the popular TV show, Scooby-Doo.

An example of where I built upon someone else’s ideas is when I use notes taken in class, about a particular idea or literary device and using those to expand on in my own words. I did this when explaining the “heaven and angelic” like opening to the show, elaborating on the irony of it.

I respectfully advocate for my needs by asking fellow classmates for notes if I didn’t quite get all of them down, and asking the teacher for help when I need it. I usually try my best to figure out what I need to do on my own, then double checking with the teacher, to see if I need to tweak my explanations or writing in any way.