SATIRE Satire is a literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it. Its overarching goal is to comment on or criticize society! Exaggeration: to enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. Reversal: to present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events or hierarchical order) Incongruity: to present things that are out of or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. Parody: To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place or thing (usually comically). Twain satirizes religion vs. superstition, “civilization”, institutions, language, aristocracy, cruelty, and others.
SATIRE Satire is a literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it. Its overarching goal is to comment on or criticize society! Exaggeration: to enlarge, increase or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. Reversal: to present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events or hierarchical order) Incongruity: to present things that are out of or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. Parody: To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place or thing (usually comically). Twain satirizes “civilization”, religion vs. superstition, institutions, language, aristocracy, cruelty, and others.