Satire Vocabulary

convincing someone to do or believe something; winning them over to a desired belief or action

a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform

when the speaker or writer says one thing but means something very different--often opposite of what is said

to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous

occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that the character does not know

harsh and bitingly sarcastic criticism

opposite of exaggeration; a statement that expresses a fact too weakly or less emphatically than it should

a kind of cutting irony in which praise is used tauntingly to indicate opposite in meaning

what actually happens is opposite of what is expected or appropriate

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

aims to correct through light-hearted ridicule

to imitate the technique and/or style of some person, place, or thing