target of my satire examples from students work

Dear Mary:

Here is a website that delineates the various types of satire and demonstrates how they appear in written work.

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-the-different-types-of-satire.htm

Wikipedia, of course, goes into more detail:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire#Classifications_of_Satire

If you still have questions after this, let me know!

Carolyn C.