Satire Quiz Review Flashcards
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Satire
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a style of rhetoric that exposes stupidity or vices in people and society through the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.
2
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hyperbole
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used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme
3
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incongruity
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putting things together that normally wouldn’t go together
4
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parody
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imitating someone for comedic effect
5
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understatement
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the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is
6
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verbal irony (sarcasm)
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used to mock a person, situation, or idea
7
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Democratic Ideal
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a theoretical phrase, either it can be personal qualities or standards of government behavior that are felt to be essential for the continuation of a democratic policy
