| Term | Definition |
|---|
| satire | an attempt to use humor in order to create reform or change |
| sarcasm | personal criticism inteded to wound an intended victim |
| sardonic | pessimistic venting of general disdain for how things are in a personal undertone |
| irony | rueful recognition of the gap between an ideal and the real |
| euphemism | avoiding unpleasant terms and subjects by using gentler, sheltered terms |
| reduction ad absurdum | reduction an argument of position to an extreme position to show its falsity |
| verisimilitude | creating an appearance of truth by offering and describing so-called evedence |
| parody | deliberate imitation and caricature of another well-known medium |
| hyperbole | a willful exaggeration for effect |
| burlesque | literary or dramatic work that ridicules by using absurd exaggeration or ludicrous imitation |
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