Av 124-131

satire

• the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

•  the act if comparing two things that are alike in some way

• a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

• all of the above

hyperbole

• obvious and intentional exaggeration 

• a lyric poem of reflection, typically for the dead 

• a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

• the way in which words are used in speech or writing 

analogy

•  the act if comparing two things that are alike in some way

• a lyric poem of reflection, typically for the dead 

• a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

•  a mild expression substituted for one that is considered too harsh “to pass away” is euphemism for “to die.” 

  toil v. work extremely hard

elegy

• a lyric poem of reflection, typically for the dead 

•  a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

• the way in which words are used in speech or writing 

• the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

allegory

• a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

•  the way in which words are used in speech or writing 

•  the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

• obvious and intentional exaggeration 

diction

• the way in which words are used in speech or writing 

• a mild expression substituted for one that is considered too harsh “to pass away” is euphemism for “to die.” 

• work extremely hard

•  the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

euphemism

•  a mild expression substituted for one that is considered too harsh “to pass away” is euphemism for “to die.” 

• work extremely hard

• the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

• a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

toil

• work extremely hard

• the use of irony, sarcasm, and ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices

•  a story where characters and events are symbols of ideas about human life or politics 

• a lyric poem of reflection, typically for the dead