Transcript Satire Terms

For The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn Unit
a
literary technique used
to ridicule or make fun of
human vice or weakness
often with the intent of
correcting or changing the
subject of the attack
Juvenalian
Horatian
After
the Roman satirist Juvenal
Formal satire in which the
speaker attacks vice and error
with contempt and indignation
Juvenalian satire in its realism
and its harshness is in strong
contrast to Horatian satire.
 After
the Roman satirist Horace
 Satire in which the voice is indulgent,
tolerant, amused, and witty.
 The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the
absurdities and follies of human beings
 Aims at producing in the reader not the
anger of a Juvenal, but a wry smile.
 Hyperbole
 Juxtaposition
 Incongruity
 Irony
 Reversal
 Parody
 Sarcasm
 Understatement
 Double
Entendre
To
over exaggerate the
situation beyond its normal
bounds, so it becomes
ridiculous
Enlarge or increase size as
well
 Example: “I’m starving. I
could eat a horse.”
To
present things that are out of
place or are absurd in relation
to its surroundings.
 Example: Princess Fiona uses
ponytail to knock out Merry
Men, pauses mid-flight to fix
her hair.
To
present the opposite of the
normal order
e.g. the order of events,
hierarchical order
 Example: Fiona saves Shrek
(women are supposed to be
damsels, not men)
To
imitate the techniques
and/or style of some person,
place, or thing.
Robin Williams doing
impressions
Dressing up at President
Bush and talking like him
 is
stating the opposite of an intended meaning
especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or
mock a person, situation or thing
 Example: “That’s cool.” (when you actually
hate it)
 Talking about how much you think a
candidate is doing a good job in a mocking
tone
 Oscar Wilde wrote, “I am not young enough
to know everything.”
an
act or instance of placing
close together or side by side,
esp. for comparison or contrast.
 Example: Humanitarians—
Brittney Spears and Mother
Teresa
 the
use of words to convey a
meaning that is the opposite of its
literal meaning
 the
irony of her reply, “How nice!”
when I said I had to work all weekend.
 Sideshow
Bob, “I'm aware of the
irony of appearing on TV in order
to decry it."
A
play on words
 a word or expression capable of two
interpretations with one usually risqué
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Iraqi Head Seeks Arms
Plane Too Close to Ground, Crash Probe Told
Saying in response, “That’s what she said.”
YOU MAY NOT USE DOUBLE ENTENDRE IN YOUR
PROJECTS OR DURING CLASS! WE DISCUSS IT
ONLY SO THAT YOU KNOW IT’S THERE!
 is
used to make something appear
smaller or less important than it
really is. It can be used to entertain
or to reduce the importance of the
truth.
 Example: “It’s just a flesh
wound.” (Black Knight in Holy Grail
when his arm has fallen off)