Satire Flashcards
Horatian Satire
Satire in which the voice is indulgent, amused, and witty.
Satire
Literary art of diminishing a subject by making it ridiculous.
Juvenilian Satire
Formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with indignation. (harsh)
Irony
Is saying something but meaning another.
Sarcasm
Is more caustic, crude, and heavy-handed than irony.
Parody
To imitate the style of some person, place, or thing in order to ridicule the original.
Verisimilitude
The appearance or semblance of truth or reality.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.
Understatement
A statement that says less than is actually true.
Burlesque
A form of comedy characterized by ridiculous exaggeration.
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Spurious
Not genuine, authentic, or true.
Furtive
Attempting to avoid notice or attention; typically because of guilt.
Anomaly
A deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
Cynical
Distrustful of human sincerity and integrity.
Who wrote “A Modest Proposal”?
Jonathan Swift
Which monarch declared themselves ruler of Ireland so foreign powers couldn’t use the island as an attack base?
Henry VIII
After Britain made Ireland a colony, they gave land grants to whom?
Protestant Settlers
Britain got these land grants by doing what?
Confiscating it from the Irish
Dispossessed Catholic farmers were forced to do what?
They were forced to move inferior land or work as tenants.
The satire targeting “A Modest Proposal” is _________
The people of Ireland
