Satire and Irony

Which satirical technique is being employed?

• exaggeration

• parody

What is satire?

• The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images

• The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme

• A form of zeitgeist

• The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly

How does satire attempt to improve individuals or society?

• By modeling correct thought and behavior

• By ridiculing flaws and follies

• By praising achievements and honors

• By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

Which of the four strategies of satire refers to imitating another’s technique or style?

• hyperbole

• inversion

• parody

• reversal

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

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• hyperbole

The outcome is opposite of what is expected to happen

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• understatement

I sure hope the sun doesn't stay out!

• hyperbole

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Of what is the comic an example?

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• hyperbole

Of what is the comic an exampe?

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• parody

Of what is the picture an example?

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• hyperbole