AP Language - Satire Flashcards
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| 9296753532 | satire | - Criticism of people and society through *ridicule* - rely on IMPLICIT MORAL CODE - inescapably "moral" | 0 | |
| 9296755206 | purposes of satire | - Promoting awareness of issues - Seeking change (or preventing it) - Expressing anger, disapproval - Exposing hypocrisy - Entertainment, humor | 1 | |
| 9296755617 | techniques of satire | - Exaggeration (hyperbole) - Irony and sarcasm - Compare/Contrast - List of incongruous items - Oxymoron, metaphor - Burlesque (distorted imitation to amuse) | 2 | |
| 9296758453 | Horatian Satire | - Horace - Gentle, good-humored - Tolerant of folly, even while laughing at it. - Tends to ridicule human folly in general or by type rather than attack specific people | 3 | |
| 9296760325 | Juvenalian Satire | - Juvenal - Harsh, attacking - More pointed, often attacks certain people, sometimes thinly disguised as fictional characters - Also uses humor, but more severe Swift = Juvenalian satirist | 4 | |
| 9296762657 | irony | - Conveys a reality different from (usually opposite to) appearance or expectation. - Verbal, Situational, Dramatic - To be effective, must have a tip-off for the audience through style, clear exaggeration, etc. | 5 | |
| 9296770966 | purposes of irony | - Instrument of truth - Provides wit and humor - (at least) vaguely critical | 6 | |
| 9296774914 | verbal irony | A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant | 7 | |
| 9296774915 | situational irony | a contrast between what the audience and a character expect and what actually happens | 8 | |
| 9296774916 | dramatic irony | when the audience knows something the characters do not | 9 |