Satirical Techniques

Question 1

Sarcasm

Answer 1

verbal irony used to mock or insult or express disapproval

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

exaggerating something so much that it becomes ridiculous

Question 3

Parody

Answer 3

to ridicule through imitation

Question 4

Burlesque

Answer 4

Parody but more crazy, weird, big, ludicrous and incongruent with what’s being imitated

Question 5

Caricature

Answer 5

A visual representation that has distorted the subject for a comedic effect

Question 6

Incongruity

Answer 6

things just don’t line up or make sense together

Question 7

Juxtaposition

Answer 7

presenting two opposite things to show the contrast

Question 8

Oxymoron

Answer 8

a common phrase were two contrasting words are used together eg. bittersweet

Question 9

Understatement/Diminutive

Answer 9

make a situation seem less important or impactful than it really is by understating and diminishing

Question 10

Stereotypes

Answer 10

When the common presumption about a group is highlighted

Question 11

Situational Irony

Answer 11

When the opposite to what the audience would expect in the situation/scenario happens

Question 12

Verbal Irony

Answer 12

When someone says the opposite of what they mean

Question 13

Invective

Answer 13

Insults that aren’t meant to be ironic

Question 14

Horation Satire

Answer 14

More lighthearted, witty, tolerant satire

Question 15

Juvenalian Satire

Answer 15

The type of satire that is more critical, angry and insulting

Question 16

Anachronism

Answer 16

When something is existing in a time period it does not belong to eg. shakespeare’s tv interview on horrible histories

Question 17

Travesty

Answer 17

Parody but more crude and juvenalian… ridicules dark, touchy subjects

Question 18

Ambiguity

Answer 18

When there are multiple interpretations, puns are an example of ambiguity eg. snow white’s dwarves in you’re skitting me

Question 19

Socratic Irony

Answer 19

When someone plays dumb, asking someone questions to get information out of them or to point out how ridiculous their answer is to the audience