Satire

Satire is

• drawing a conclusion based on facts.
• taking advantage of someone or something for one own's benefit.
• a form of speech which contains an expression of less strength than what would be expected. In satire, the understated language may be ironic.
• provoking change or reform through poking fun at society's vices

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Which of the following is NOT is not one of the essential elements of satire?

• Making fun of an idea, person, or institution
• Use of irony
• Making a broader point about society, culture, politics, etc.
• All of the above are essential elements

A critically, bitterly ironic statement, intended to cut or criticize its target

• Sarcasm
• Irony
• Satire
• Juxtoposistion

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A literary technique where that author has characters say or do things in a way that the reader knows is ironic, but the characters don’t

• Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Satire
• Sarcasm

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The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• reversal
• caricature

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The reader is aware of important information that the characters do not know

• situational irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• parody

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A composition humorously imitating another, usually serious, piece of work.

• Parody
• Dramatic Irony
• Hyperbole
• Sarcasm

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• Dramatic Irony
• Parody
• Sarcasm
• Innuendo

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• Parody
• Verbal Irony
• Sarcasm
• Dramatic Irony

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• Sarcasm
• Verbal Irony
• Parody
• Dramatic Irony

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