Satircal Writing Flashcards
Horatian satire
Funny, witty, wise, aims to correct things through humour
Juvenalian Satire
Angry, personal, bitter and serious
Uses sarcasm and irony, less emphasis on humour
Satirical devices
- Humour
- Exaggeration or Overstatement
Something that actually happened but is exaggerated to absurd lengths
Caricatures are an example of this
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Understatement
A statement that seems incomplete or less than truthful given the facts.
Sarcasm with the intentions of evoking change
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Incongruity
A marked lack of correspondence or agreement
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Deflation
When someone of high ranking is momentarily “removed” from their pedestal due to a humorous error:
President slips and bangs his head leaving the helicopter
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Linguistic games/ Malapropism
The use of a word in place of a similar sounding one, often with an amusing effect:
‘Dance a flamingo’ instead of ‘flamenco’.
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Surprise
Twist endings, unexpected events
Satirical Devices
2. Irony
Literary device conveying the opposite of what is expected,
less harsh in wording than sarcasm because it is more indirect
Satirical Devices
- Irony
- Verbal Irony
Simply a reverse of meaning
Satirical Devices
- Humour
- Dramatic Irony
When the words or acts of a character carry a meaning unobserved by himself but understood by the audience. The irony here is the contrast between the meaning intended by the speaker and the added significance seen by others.
Satirical Devices
- Irony
- Socratic Irony
Using ignorance (lacking knowledge or information) to achieve some advantage over an opponent.
Satirical Devices
- Irony
- Situational Irony
Depends on the difference between the purpose and its results:
A practical joke that backfires is situational irony
