'Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence': Article Analysis

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Dilbinder Thandi
Ms. Jenkins
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Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence
Did you recognize this article as satire when you first read it? I wasn’t really sure what the satire was in the article, but after reading it for the second time, I believe I found a piece of satire. There could possible be more that one example in the article, but I was only about to find one, if it is even satire.
What was the first thing that gave it away? The thing that gave it away was the fact that he said that Charles Wentworth “could have died or, worse, been held accountable for his action.” That gave it away, because he said that being held accountable is worse that being killed, which is obviously not correct due to the fact that dying is the worst

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