elements of satire

purpose of satire: educates and entertains its readers

satire techniques:

1. exaggeration

   1. caricature

   2. burlesque

   3. overstating and understating

2. incongruity

3. reversal

4. parody

5. irony

   1. verbal

   2. dramatic

   3. situational

   4. socratic

6. anachronism

7. malapropism