A caricature is the exaggeration of a particular flaw or feature of someone for comic effect. A caricature can be visual or a written description.
In the poem ‘Base Details’, Siegfried Sassoon highlights the flaws of the major at the base: ‘with his puffy petulant face’. This is an example of a caricature used in poetry.
Discuss
1. What trait is the poet caricaturing in this quote? 2. How does the major come across in this quote?
Explore
1. Who do these caricatures represent? 2. What traits do you think these images are trying to capture? 3. Which caricature do you think is the better at representing the person being caricatured? 4. Is there anything in these caricatures that you would change to improve them?
Create
Design a front page for a newspaper or magazine in the space provided on page 22 of your Portfolio. Include one or more of the forms of satire you have just learned about. Remember, you will need:
a catchy headline an image or a photo details about articles in the publication.
