Satire
A form of humor which makes a subject or person appear ridiculous.
What is Satire?
Something which appears valuable on the outside, may in fact be less valuable. Appearances can be deceptive.
What is All That Glitters is not Gold?
This noun means "grand speaking."
What is grandiloquence?
Parallelism
is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure
Wrote "The Ways We Lie"
Who is Stephanie Ericsson?
A good natured, playful, gentle, tolerant, amused sense of humor about human folly.
What is Horatian?
To suffer an ultimate, decisive defeat.
What is Waterloo?
This means "highest point" as well as a common term for a mountain peak.
What is pinnacle?
Understatement
makes an idea less important than it really is
Wrote "Scientists and Explorers"
Who is James M Barry?
Biting sarcasm, bitter irony, moral indignation, pessimism, and an abrasive, antagonistic tone. It emphasizes criticism more than humor.
What is Juvenalian?
An idol or any object, especially a material object, that is worshipped even though it is not worth of worship.
This noun can literally mean "a woman who sells fish," but more generally means "a course, abusive, nagging women."
What is fishwife?
Anecdote
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person
Wrote "Speech to the Unions Free Black Men"
Who is Alfred Green?
Invective, inversion, burlesque, irony, caricature, sarcasm, and parody.
What are Weapons of Satire?
To display indifference in the midst of an emergency or disaster.
What is Fiddle while Rome burns?
This noun refers to items as dissimilar as weapons, ammunition, and vehicles.
What is ordnance?
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Wrote "Neat People vs Sloppy People"
Who is Suzanne Britt?
Double entendre, paradox, incongruity, hyperbole, meiosis, litotes, sarcasm, pun, and slapstick.
What are the Comic Devices of Satire?
A person who exercises excessive control or influence over another person.
What is Svengali?
This noun refers to the slaughter inevitable in any war.
What is carnage?
Antithesis
parallelism with opposites
Who is John McWhorter?