Satire

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Satire

• That which attempts to correct, censure, and
  ridicule the follies and vices of society a
  kind of protest, a sublimation and refinement of
  anger and indignation

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Mockery

• To make fun of something

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MockeryexampleMan is the only animal that
blushes or needs to. - Mark Twain
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Sarcasm

• A harsh, personally directed comment to use
  praise to mock someone

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Sarcasmexampleto refer to a 98 lb. Weakling
as a real he-man
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Hyperbole

• Overstatement to say more than you mean to say
  to exaggerate

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HyperboleexampleIm so hungry that I could
eat a horse!
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Understatement

• To say less than you mean to say

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UnderstatementexampleMount Everest is not
small
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UnderstatementexampleMr. Collins was not a
sensible man.From Pride and Prejudice
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Parody

• Mockery of a specific, known person, literary
  work, movie, event, etc.

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ParodyexampleGeneral MacArthur said, Old
soldiers never die, they just fade
away.ParodiesOld blondes never fade, they
just dye awayOld soldiers never die, but young
ones do
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Irony

• To say one thing, yet to mean another
• When there is a difference between appearance and
  reality

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IronyexampleIn Shakespeares play, Romeo
Juliet, when Romeo tells Mercutio that his wound
is slight, Mercutio says, No, its not so deep
as well, nor so wide as a church door but tis
enough, twill serve.Its not that deep, but
deep enough to kill him.
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Ironyexamples (according to A. Morisett)Its
like rain on your wedding dayIts a free ride,
when youve already paid Its a free advise, that
you just cant takeIts a death row pardon, two
minutes too lateIts meeting the man of your
dreams, and meeting his beautiful wife
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Zeugma

• A figure of speech in which a verb or an
  adjective is applied to two nouns, though
  appropriate only to one of them

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Zeugmaexamplein Henry V, Fluellen says,Kill
the poys and the luggage.The verb kill
cannot apply to luggage.
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Zeugmaexamplefrom The Rape of the Lock by A.
PopeOne speaks the glory of the British
Queen,And one describes a charming Indian
screenby describing the gossip it makes the
gossip about the queen equal to that of the
screen trivializing all of the gossip
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Zeugmaexamplefrom The Rape of the Lock by A.
PopeWhen husbands or when lap dogs breathe
their lastby combining the death of the lap
dog and the husband, it trivializes the death of
the husband
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Mock Epic

• Imitates, yet exaggerates and distorts, the
  literary epic and its style

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Mock EpicexampleThe garbage man, tall and
strong, lifted his glittering can of rubbish
high, as if it were a feather, and with the
strength of Thor, hurled it into the dumpster.
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Invective

• Speech or writing which is denunciatory, abusive,
  or vituperative

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InvectiveexampleSwifts writing denouncing
the English nobility in Gullivers Travels
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Reversal

• Peripeteia the reversal of fortunes, a fall

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ReversalexampleIn drama, usually the sudden
change of fortune from prosperity to ruin but it
can be the other way about
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Wit

• Suggests intellectual brilliance and ingenuity
  verbal deftness. It is commonly verbal. Most
  definitions point to the element of surprise in
  wit, which often induces laughter. It has been
  considered, since 1600, to be one of the
  principal sources of comedy.