Satirical & Parody Vocab

To argue - to present reasons and arguments; to have an argument about something; to give evidence of

Attitude - a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways

Audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

Caricature - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Comment - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

Critical - characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

Criticism - a serious examination and judgment of something; disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

Culture - all the knowledge and values shared by a society; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

Dramatic - suitable to or characteristic of drama; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

Emphatically - in a forceful manner, with emphasis; without question and beyond doubt

Exaggerated - represented as greater than is true or reasonable

Exaggeration - making to seem more important than it really is; the act of making something more noticeable than usual; extravagant exaggeration

Frailty - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age); moral weakness

Hyperbole - extravagant exaggeration

Incongruity - the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

Inference - the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation; something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

Institution - a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; an organization founded and united for a specific purpose; the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

Literary - appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

Overstatement - making to seem more important than it really is

Parody - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way; humorous or satirical mimicry

Persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief

Portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium

Public - not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; affecting the people or community as a whole

Represent - take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Reversal - the act of reversing the order or place of

Ridiculous - incongruous; inviting ridicule; broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

Sarcasm - witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Satire - witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Understatement - a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

Vocabulary - a listing of the words used in some enterprise

Wit - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter