AP Language and Composition: Satire Techniques Flashcards
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6299511267 | Satire | Sarcasm, irony or wit used to ridicule or mock | 0 | |
6299511268 | Types of Satire | Horation: light-hearted, intended for fun Juvenalian: bitter, angry attacked | 1 | |
6299511269 | Exaggeration | To enlarge, increase, or respresent something beyond normal bounds | 2 | |
6299511270 | Caricature | The exaggeration of a physical fault | 3 | |
6299511271 | Parody | To imitate the techniques/style of some person, place of thing | 4 | |
6299511272 | Incongruity | To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings (tone/purpose) | 5 | |
6299511273 | Irony | Actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning | 6 | |
6299511274 | Understatement | Undermining the importance of something | 7 | |
6299511275 | Pun/Innuendo | Play-on-words | 8 | |
6299511276 | Euphemism | Sugar coating a topic | 9 | |
6299511277 | Charged diction | Specific individual words that are provoking | 10 | |
6299511278 | Juxtaposition | Comparing/contrasting two ideals | 11 |