Satire vocabulary

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	Term	Definition
	satire	a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform
	verbal irony	when the speaker or writer says one thing but means something very different--often opposite of what is said
	situational irony	what actually happens is opposite of what is expected or appropriate
	dramatic irony	occurs when the audience or the reader knows something important that the character does not know
	exaggeration	to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous
	incongruity	to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to surroundings
	reversal	to present in the opposite of normal order
	parody	to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing
	hyperbole	wildly extravagant exaggeration; overstatement
	understatement	opposite of exaggeration; a statement that expresses a fact too weakly or less emphatically than it should
	sarcasm	a kind of cutting irony in which praise is used tauntingly to indicate opposite in meaning
	persuasion	convincing someone to do or believe something; winning them over to a desired belief or action
	emotional appeal	appeals to one's feelings
	logical appeal	appeals to one's sense of reason
	ethical appeal	appeals to one's sense of right and wrong