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2 Types of Satire Horatian Satire Named for the Roman satirist, HoraceHorace playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted.

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1 2 Types of Satire Horatian Satire Named for the Roman satirist, HoraceHorace playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour. exaggeration, and self- deprecating humor toward what it identifies as folly, rather than evil. Juvenalian Satire Named after the Roman satirist Juvenal,Juvenal more contemptuous and abrasive. addresses social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule. This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm, moral indignation and personal invective, with less emphasis on humour.

2 Techniques of Satire Caricature – Gross exaggeration or distortion of, usually physical, characteristics Hyperbole – Exaggeration used for emphasis. Invective – Speech or writing that abuses, denounces Irony – conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation Juxtaposition – side by side placement of opposites, usually, to highlight some characteristic Sarcasm – A form of verbal irony, expressing sneering, personal disapproval in the guise of praise. Understatement – Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case. The opposite of hyperbole.

3 Caricature – Gross exaggeration or distortion of, usually physical, characteristics – Cook Ulcer Line #: 396 – Miller wart Line #: 571- 572 – Monk Fat greasy bald guy Line #: 203-205

4 Hyperbole – Exaggeration used for emphasis. Nun Line #: 132-133, 119 Friar Line #: 242-243

5 Invective – Speech or writing that abuses, denounces Miller Line #: 576 Monk Line #: Friar Line #:

6 Irony – conveying a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation – Nun Line #: – Friar Line #: 235-236

7 Juxtaposition – side by side placement of opposites, usually, to highlight some characteristic Knight and squire line #: 76 and 91

8 Sarcasm – A form of verbal irony, expressing sneering, personal disapproval in the guise of praise. Skipper Line #: 410

9 Understatement – Expressing an idea with less emphasis or in a lesser degree than is the actual case. The opposite of hyperbole. Skipper line # 408


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