Brit Lit Satire Terms

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horatian satire

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light hearted satire, intentded for fun (tina fey as sarah palin)

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satire

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vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings used to ridicule a society into improvement

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juvenalian

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bitter, angry attacking (animal farm)

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verbal irony

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intentionally saying one thing and meaning another (if its cold to say "it so warm")

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sarcasm

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using praise to mock someone in a mean way, literally means to tear flesh

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dramatic irony

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when the words/actions of a character have a meaning unperceived by the character (practical joke gone wrong)

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understatement

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implying the opposite by saying less than you mean to say

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travesty

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presents a serious subject and reduces it to the lowest level (jesus christ was such a studmuffin) TO MOCK

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burlesque

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ridiculous exaggeration. sublime to abusrd, honesty to sentimentality NOT TO MOCK

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parody

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mocking immitation of a know person, literary work, movie or event NOT TO MOCK

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farce

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exciting laughter by presenting improbably situations (slapstick humor)

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invective

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harsh, abusive language directed towards a person/cause
VERY BITTER

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mock-heroic

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imitation of a literary epic by exaggerating the trivial to a higher level than it deserves

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malapropism

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a deliberate mispronunciation or misspelling with the intent of poking fun (let's go illiterate the enemy instead of obliterate)

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bathos

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going quickly from sublime to over sentimentalize (i love you more than the sun, moon and ovaltine)