Literary Terms By: Dustin Rolph

Satire: Synonyms 1. See irony 1. 2, 3. burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty. Satire, lampoon refer to literary forms in which vices or follies are ridiculed. Satire the general term, often emphasizes the weakness more than the weak person, and usually implies moral judgment and corrective purpose: Swift's satire of human pettiness and bestiality. Lampoon refers to a form of satire, often political or personal, characterized by the malice or virulence of its attack: lampoons of the leading political figuresirony Origin: 1500–10; < Latin satira, variant of satura medley, perhaps feminine derivative of satur sated (see saturate ) saturate noun 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.ironyvice 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.which 3. a literary genre comprising such compositions

Allegory: noun, plural al·le·go·ries. 1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. 2. a symbolical narrative: the allegory of Piers Plowman. 3. Emblem def 3. Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English allegorie < Latin allēgoria < Greek allēgoría, derivative of allēgoreîn to speak so as to imply something other. See allo-, agora ; Greek agoreúein to speak, proclaim, orig. meant to act (e.g., speak) in the assembly allo- agora Synonyms 2. fable, parable.