Sarcasm, Irony, Understatement, Satire

Satirical device that imitates its target in a playful, mocking way:

• grotesque

• absurdity

• parody

• exaggeration

Satirical device that is when what is said is the opposite of what is meant:

• parody

• understatement

• exaggeration

• irony

Satirical device that uses exaggeration to reveal a situation that seems like it could never happen, but it could:

• parody

• exaggeration

• understatement

• absurdity

Satirical device that takes a real-world situation and blows it out of proportion:

• exaggeration

• parody

• understatement

• grotesque

Satirical device when someone downplays the importance of something:

• parody

• exaggeration

• grotesque

• understatement

Satirical device that shares the tension felt when something is terrible but funny at the same time:

• grotesque

• absurdity

• sarcasm

• irony

Author's attitude:

• symbolism

• understatement

• tone

• plot

This is an appeal to credibility and trustworthiness:

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• satire

Jonathan Swift wrote

• Macbeth

• "A Modest Proposal"

• Hamlet

• Romeo and Juliet

Satire uses ______ to criticize a target.

• humor

• poetry

• Ireland

• angry outbursts