AP Language Satire Terms Flashcards

13224294766	Burlesque	A form of comedy characterized by ridiculous exaggeration and distortion.	0
13224294767	Caricature	a verbal description, the purpose of which is to grossly exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics.	1
13224294768	Double entendre:	a word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.	2
13224294769	Farce:	exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations.	3
13224294770	Horatian Satire:	Named for the Roman satirist Horace, this satire is meant to " delight and instructs," using laughter and ridicule to highlight human foibles in a fairly gentle, non-accusatory manner.	4
13224294771	Humor:	according to Henri Bergson, [laughter] consists in describing "with scrupulous minuteness what is being done and pretend[ing] to believe that this is precisely what ought to be done." The "humor" results from the incongruity (gap, lack of fit) between the seriousness of the situation described and the apparent indifference or detachment of the narrator.	5
13224294772	Black Humor	extreme version of humor. Adopting a neutral or even upbeat tone (attitude of narrator to subject matter), the author describes without emotion situations that are obviously atrocious as if they were perfectly normal. The reader's horrified reaction is much stronger than it would be if the narrator expressed indignation or disgust.	6
13224294773	Hyperbole:	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement.	7
13224294774	Black Humor	extreme version of humor. Adopting a neutral or even upbeat tone (attitude of narrator to subject matter), the author describes without emotion situations that are obviously atrocious as if they were perfectly normal. The reader's horrified reaction is much stronger than it would be if the narrator expressed indignation or disgust.	8
13224294775	Irony:	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant, or the difference between what appears to be and what is actually true.	9
13224294776	Verbal irony:	carries two meanings: the explicit or apparent meaning and a second, often mocking meaning running counter to the first.	10
13224294777	Structural irony:	Structural irony is built into texts in such a way that both the surface meaning and deeper implications are present more or less throughout.	11
13224294778	Dramatic irony:	It refers to a situation in which the audience has knowledge denied to one or more of the characters on stage.	12
13224294779	Cosmic or Situational irony:	This refers to writing in which life, or God, or fate, or some other powerful force seems to be manipulating events in a way that mocks all the efforts of the protagonist. (A pickpocket gets pickpocketed, a firehouse burns down)	13
13224294780	Juvenalian Satire:	Harsher, more pointed, perhaps intolerant satire typified by the writings of Juvenal. Attacks vice and error with contempt, realist and harsh in contrast to Horatian Satire.	14
13224294781	Parody:	A satiric imitation of a work or of an author with the idea of ridiculing the author, his ideas, or work. A variety of Burlesque.	15
13224294782	Sarcasm:	A form of verbal irony, expressing sneering, personal disapproval in the guise of praise.	16
13224294783	Understatement:	Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case. Opposite of hyperbole.	17