Satire

Satire is a literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.

Two Kinds of Satire

1. Horatian (huh-rey-shuh-n) humorous, lighthearted jabbing
2. Juvenalian (Joo-vuh-ney-lee-uh-n) harsh, bitter, cruel mocking

Weapons of Satire

1. Invective violent abuse or accusation; harsh or bitter utterance. It uses wit mechanism to circumvent man’s prejudice against rage.
2. Inversion to turn upside down, outside in, or inside out; to reverse, as in order to change around to the reverse order, sense, condition.
3. Burlesque literary, dramatic, or other imitation which purposely makes ridiculous that which it imitates. It usually makes a subject appear ridiculous by treating it with incongruity.
4. Irony joining of words in which the intended implication is the opposite of the literal sense of the words.
5. Caricature exaggeration of distortion of parts or features in order to produce a ridiculous effect, as in a cartoon.
6. Sarcasm bitterness or taunting reproachfulness; it may or may not be ironical, but it is always cutting or ill-natured.
7. Parody imitates the characteristic style of an author for comic effect or ridicule. It is imitation through distortion and exaggeration; it evokes amusement, derision, and scorn.