Satire

Question 1

Caricature

Answer 1

exaggeration of a physical feature or trait. ex: in political cartoons

Question 2

Burlesque

Answer 2

Ridicules a subject in an exaggerated style by either presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style. Usually a dramatic work.

Question 3

Incongruity

Answer 3

to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
Certain techniques includes oxymoron, metaphor and irony.

Question 4

Parody

Answer 4

to imitate the techniques/style of some person, place of thing in order to ridicule the original.
To be a success, the reader must know the original text that is being ridiculed.

Question 5

Reversal

Answer 5

to present the opposite of the normal order.
Can focus on the order of events, such as serving dessert before the main.
Can also focus on hierarchical order–> when a young child makes all the decisions for a family.

Question 6

Satire

Answer 6

sarcasm, irony or wit used to ridicule or mock

Question 7

Satirical styles

Answer 7

Direct Satire–> directly stated

Indirect Satire–> communited through characters in a situation

Question 8

Types of satire

Answer 8

Horatian: light-hearted, intended for fun
Juvenalian: bitter, angrily attacked

Question 9

Irony

Answer 9

Actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Less harsh wording than sarcasm, but more cutting due to indirectness.
ie: words of praise to imply blame, and vice versa

Question 10

Verbal irony

Answer 10

simply an inversion of meaning.

Question 11

Dramatic irony

Answer 11

when the words or acts of a character carry a meaning unperceived by himself but understood by the audience.

Question 12

Socratic irony

Answer 12

faking ignorance to achieve some advantage over an opponent.

Question 13

Situational irony

Answer 13

depends on a discrepancy between purpose and results

Ie: Olympic swimmer downs in bathtub, a prank backfires

Question 14

Farce

Answer 14

exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations; usually contains low comedy; quarreling, fighting, coarse with, horseplay, trickery, drunkenness.

Question 15

Sarcasm

Answer 15

a sharply mocking or comtemptuous remark.

Question 16

Knaves and fools

Answer 16

in comedy there are no villains or innocent victims–> instead there are rogues (__________) and suckers (______). When these two interact, comic satire results, and they expose each other when they meet.

Question 17

Malaproprism

Answer 17

a deliberate mispronunciation of a name or term with the intent of poking fun at it.

Question 18

Exaggeration

Answer 18

to enlarge, increase, or respresent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.

Question 19

Reductio ad absurdum

Answer 19

Technique whereby the author agrees enthusiastically with the basic attitudes or assumptions he wishes to satirizes and, by pushing them to a logically ridiculous extreme, exposes the foolishness of the original attitudes and assumptions

To reduce to an absurdity

Question 19

Litotes

Answer 19

Figure of speech which employs an understand meant by using double negatives, or, in other words, positive statements

Question 19

Understatement/diminution

Answer 19

To intentionally downplay or trivialize a troubling or important event for comic or satirical effect. Reducing it to make it ridiculous and showcase its faults

Question 20

Grotesque

Answer 20

Creating a tension between laughter and horror or revulsion

Question 21

Invective

Answer 21

Harsh, abusive , denunciatory language or discourse directed against a person or cause

Question 22

Logical fallacy

Answer 22

Common errors in reasoning that will determine the logic of one’s argument.

Can be illegitimate arguments or irrelevant pointe and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim

Question 23

Mock hero/epic

Answer 23

A satirical style that sets up a deliberately disproportionate and witty distance between the elevated language of epic poetry used to describe an action and the triviality or foolishness of the action

Question 24

Travesty

Answer 24

Presents a subject (usually religion) frivolously reducing everything to it’s lowest level