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Satire terms test

Quiz by Velva Fowler

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  • Q1
    Which literary device involves the use of exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
    Hyperbole
    Satire
    Antithesis
    Obscenity
    30s
  • Q2
    Which literary device involves representing a subject in an exaggerated, distorted manner?
    Juxtaposition
    Paradox
    Caricature
    Understatement
    30s
  • Q3
    Which literary device involves the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize or mock a person, group, or society?
    Moral voice
    Reversal
    Satire
    Obscenity
    30s
  • Q4
    Which literary device involves the use of humor to highlight human foolishness or vice?
    Dramatic irony
    Parody
    Verbal irony
    Incongruity
    30s
  • Q5
    Which literary device involves a technique where two contrasting ideas are put together to emphasize differences?
    Criticism
    Antithesis
    Horatian satire
    Pun (double entendre)
    30s
  • Q6
    Which literary device involves the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says?
    Overstatement
    Verbal irony
    Juxtaposition
    Understatement
    30s
  • Q7
    Which literary device involves an expression that has two meanings, one of which is risqué or inappropriate?
    Pun (double entendre)
    Criticism
    Paradox
    Reversal
    30s
  • Q8
    Which literary device involves a humorous imitation of a piece of literature or a person's writing style?
    Parody
    Incongruity
    Juvenal satire
    Moral voice
    30s
  • Q9
    Which literary device involves the use of understatement to emphasize a point or downplay a situation?
    Hyperbole
    Understatement
    Caricature
    Sarcasm
    30s
  • Q10
    Which literary device involves the use of apparent contradictions that reveal deeper truths?
    Anithesis
    Obscenity
    Reversal
    Paradox
    30s
  • Q11
    Which literary device involves the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize and mock people, society, or politics?
    Satire
    Obscenity
    Paradox
    Hyperbole
    30s
  • Q12
    Which literary device refers to a statement that appears to contradict itself?
    Parody
    Antithesis
    Sarcasm
    Paradox
    30s
  • Q13
    Which literary device involves the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas in a parallel structure?
    Understatement
    Caricature
    Antithesis
    Overstatement
    30s
  • Q14
    Which literary device imitates a specific work or style for comic effect or ridicule?
    Parody
    Incongruity
    Juxtaposition
    Pun ( double entendre)
    30s
  • Q15
    Which literary device uses deliberate exaggeration or overstatement for emphasis or effect?
    Hyperbole
    Dramatic irony
    Reversal
    Verbal irony
    30s

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