Aplac Satire term

Satire

Writing mixing critical attitudes with wit and humor to improve human institutions.

Horace

Uses hexameters to ridicule folly and bad taste.

-Conversational style

-Humorous & Urbane (Followed Lucilius)

Juvenal

Published 16 satires in 5 books poetry without gentle humor bitter ironical humor, power of incentive, grim epigram, sympathy with narrow-minded pessimism.

ex: "A sound mind in a sound body"

Hyperbole/ Exaggeration

Represent something beyond normal bounds that it sounds ridiculous/ at fault.

Ex: “This bag weighs a ton”

Litotes

Understatement involving making a affirmative point by denying its opposite.

Ex:"It's not rocket science"

Caricature

Exaggeration/ distortion of an individual prominent features to the point of making that individual appear ridiculous.

Incongruity

Present things that are absurd in relation to its surroundings.

Ex: ”A toilet in an art gallery.”

Parody

Imitate techniques/ style of some person, place, or thing in order to ridicule the original.

Ex: Austin Powers

Reversal

Present the opposite of normal order (Reversed).

Ex: Fiona in Shrek

Irony

Actual intent’s expressed in words carrying opposite meanings.

-Verbal

-Dramatic

-Socratic

-Situational

Ex: A lifeguard drowning in shallow water.

Travesty

Presents serious (Religous) subject frivolously, reducing everything to its lowest level.

Ex: Denying citizens the right to vote.

Burlesque

Ridiculous exaggeration achieved through a variety of ways.

Ex: Traditional/Classic: The iconic fan dance with large feather fans

Farce

exciting laughter thru exaggerated, improbable situations, contains low comedy/ quarrelling fighting

Ex: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

invective

speech/ writing abusing, denouncing/ attacking

Ex: Labeling a dishonest person a "liar" or "scoundrel".

Wit

Clever expression whether aggressive/ harmless, with/ without derogatory intent

Ex: "I can resist everything except temptation".

Sarcasm

intentional derision directed at another person & intended to hurt

Ex: "Nice weather, right?" (Said during a heavy downpour)

Ridicule

words intended to belittle & arouse contemptuous laughter

Ex: "The other kids ridiculed him for his nerdy glasses".