Devices Of Satire

Front 1

making fun of something

Back 1

mockery

Hint 1

"Man is the only animal that blushes-or needs too." -Mark Twain

Front 2

harsh, personally directed comment; using praise to mock someone; usually aims to hurt

Back 2

sarcasm

Hint 2

to refer to a 98-pound weakling as a "real he-man"

Front 3

say more than is meant; exaggeration

Back 3

overstatement. hyperbole

Hint 3

I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse

Front 4

imitation of a specific, known person, literary work, movie, or event; offten involves mocking

Back 4

parody

Hint 4

General MacArthur said, "old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Parody: "Old blondes never grey, they just dye away."

Front 5

say one thing, yet meaning another

Back 5

irony

Front 6

going from the serious to the ridiculous quickly

Back 6

bathos

Hint 6

"I love my country, my wife, my job and chocolate candy."

Front 7

imitation, exaggeration, and distortion of literary epic style

Back 7

mock-heroic

Hint 7

"the garbage man, tall amd strong, lifted his glittering can of rubbish as if it were a feather, and with the strength of Thor, huried it into the dumpster."