Satire

Satire

• identifying abstract concepts and commenting about the human condition

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

• a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society, by using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule. It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and flaws. A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn their corruption.

• making fun of something simply for comedic purposes

Exaggeration

• Imitates someone/something for comedic effect

• Used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme

• Puts things together that normally wouldn't go together (this can be used to make ordinary things seem ridiculous)

• Presents the opposite of what people are used to experiencing

  
  

  Makes the audience think about what they consider "normal" and why

Incongruity

• Imitates someone/something for comedic effect

• Used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme

• Presents the opposite of what people are used to experiencing

  
  

  Makes the audience think about what they consider “normal,” and why

• Puts things together that normally wouldn’t go together

  (This can be used to make ordinary things seem ridiculous)

Reversal

• -Presents the opposite of what people are used to experiencing

  -Makes the audience think about what they consider “normal,” and why

• Used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme

• Puts things together that normally wouldn’t go together

  (This can be used to make ordinary things seem ridiculous)

• Imitates someone/something for comedic effect

Parody

• -Presents the opposite of what people are used to experiencing

  -Makes the audience think about what they consider “normal,” and why

• Imitates someone/something for comedic effect

• -Puts things together that normally wouldn’t go together

  (This can be used to make ordinary things seem ridiculous)

• Used to make an idea or situation seem ridiculous by taking it to the extreme

What is this an example of?

• Exaggeration

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody

What is this an example of? Kids staring at parents stating,

"Aww! They're so cute when they fall asleep all snuggled up with their favorite phone."

• Exaggeration

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody

What is this an example of?

• Exaggeration

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody

What is this an example of?

• Exaggeration

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody

What is this an example of?

• Exaggeration

• Incongruity

• Reversal

• Parody