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Satire Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Satire | Literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule. The satirist aims to reduce the practices attacked by laughing scornfully at them--and being witty enough to allow the reader to laugh, also |
| Exaggeration | To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. |
| Incongruity | To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. |
| Verbal Irony | What is said is opposite of what is intended |
| Situational Irony | What happens is opposite of what is expected. |
| Reversal | To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order). |
| Parody | To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing. |