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Devices used to expose vice or folly; using such devices to expose or denounce; criticism, often using wit and humor to expose human folly.

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We have already studied:ExaggerationReversalIncongruityParody

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Horatian: gentle, sympathetic form of satire with subject mildly made fun of. The audience is asked to laugh at themselves as much as the players.

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Juvenalian: harsh and bitter satire that denounces human vice & error

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Dead pan: intentional understatement

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Caricature: exaggerated features

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Caricature: exaggerated features

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Caricature: exaggerated features

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Caricature: exaggerated features

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Burlesque: ridiculous exaggeration High: low ideas treated highly

Low: high ideas treated lowly

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Juxtaposition: placing things side by side for a comparison

Example: MAC vs PChttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT3_tiQZwwA

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Juxtaposition: a type of reversal in which two unlike things are placed next to each other in order to point out contrast

Example: Beauty Queen in Roger & Me(Michael Moore confronts GM CEO Roger Smith about the harm he did to Flint, MI with massive downsizing)

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Mock: to treat with ridicule and contempt

Mockumentary: mocking through a documentary style

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Deprecation: to belittleSelf-deprecation: belittling the self

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Dimunition: reducing the size of something in order to reduce its significance or to provide a better chance of observing its flaws.

Example: Oompa Loompas in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory