Satire

cliche

• Undermining what people expect

• a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

• attacking cherished traditions

Subversion of Expectations

• When an author displays a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgement; prejudice.

• publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

• Undermining what people expect

innuendo

• a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

• exaggeration (for comedic effect)

• attacking cherished traditions

incongruity

• inserting elements into out-of-place environments, juxtaposing them if you will, in a way which makes them appear absurd

• treating with contempt or ridicule

• a work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

parody

• Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

• A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

• When an author displays a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgement; prejudice.

iconoclastic

• Undermining what people expect

• Treating with contempt or ridicule

• Criticizing or attacking cherished beliefs or institutions.

Juxtaposition

• Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

• When an author displays a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgement; prejudice.

• A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

Lampooning

• publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

• attacking cherished traditions

• exaggerating

litote

• overstatement

• understatement

• exaggeration

inversion

• a reversal of how things really are

• a subversion of the truth

• a change of the context