WorksheetsSatire Terms & Definitions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Invective
Speech you give at a wedding
Anger towards an invention
Speech that may be directed toward an individual, cause, idea, or system that attacks or denounces it
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
Inversion
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
A literary device where what is stated is often the opposite of what is meant
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
Irony
Speech that may be directed toward an individual, cause, idea, or system that attacks or denounces it
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
A literary device where what is stated is often the opposite of what is meant
Made of iron
Sarcasm
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
Reasoning that doesn't make sense
Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise; i.e., someone who falls may be praised for his gracefulness
Satire
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
A type of stretchy fabric
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
understatement
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
Speech that deliberately
minimizes a situation, often for comic effect
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
Speech that may be directed toward an individual, cause, idea, or system that attacks or denounces it
hyperbole
Speech that may be directed toward an individual, cause, idea, or system that attacks or denounces it
Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise; i.e., someone who falls may be praised for his gracefulness
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
When you over-inflate a soccer ball
Warped Logic
absurd or preposterous names
reasoning that doesn’t make sense
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
When you leave logic out in the sun too long
Exaggeration
Speech that deliberately
minimizes a situation, often for comic effect
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
absurd or preposterous names
a way of over-emphasizing something, either making it better or worse than it really is. Types of exaggeration include hyperbole, farce, caricature, and slapstick comedy
Improbable Situations
absurd or preposterous names
situations that are not likely or probable; doubtful; unlikely to be true or to happen
a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is
a way of over-emphasizing something, either making it better or worse than it really is
Which author wrote "A Modest Proposal"?
Voltaire
Mark Twain
Jonathan Swift
Miguel de Cervantes
Which author wrote "Candide"?
Mark Twain
Voltaire
Jonathan Swift
Miguel de Cervantes
Which author wrote "Harrison Bergeron"?
Kurt Vonnegut
Mark Twain
Miguel de Cervantes
Jonathan Swift
Which author wrote "Don Quixote"?
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain
Kurt Vonnegut
Miguel de Cervantes
Which author wrote "Advice to Youth"?
Mark Twain
Miguel de Cervantes
Kurt Vonnegut
Voltaire
