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SATIRE . Genre Classification: Satire. a literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society through humor. hyperbole, understatement, irony, sarcasm, parody, caricature, innuendo, juxtaposition.
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Genre Classification: Satire a literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society through humor hyperbole, understatement, irony, sarcasm, parody, caricature, innuendo, juxtaposition 18th century satirists sought to protect their highly developed civilization from corruption by attacking hypocrisy, arrogance, greed, vanity, and stupidity.
1st person narrator who makes outlandish suggestions, not to be confused w/ author Use of surprising words & images to get reader’s attention Use of unexpected or unorthodox explanations or solutions Emphasizing severity of a situation by undermining it