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Satire |
A literary genre that uses irony, wit, and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices and foibles, giving impetus, or momentum, to change or reform through ridicule |
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Horatian |
A type of direct satire which pokes fun at human foibles with a witty even indulgent tone |
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Juvenilian |
A type of direct satire which denounces, sometimes with invective, human vice and error in dignified and solemn tones |
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Irony |
A mode of expression, through words (verbal irony) or events (irony of situation), conveying s reality different from and usually opposite to the appearance or expectation |
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Hyperbole |
Deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect: overstatement |
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Litote |
A form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite |
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Wit |
Most commonly understood as clever expression, whether aggressive or harmless; that is, with or without derogatory intent toward someone or something in particular |
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Sarcasm |
Intentional derision, generally directed at another person and intended to hurt |
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Ridicule |
The use of words intended to belittle a person or idea and arouse contemptuous laughter |
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Parody |
An imitation of an author or his/her work with the idea of ridiculing the author, his/her ideas, or the work itself |
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Invective |
Speech or writing that abuses, denounces, or attacks. Can be directed against a person, cause, idea, or system |
