Satire

Parody; Sarcasm; Irony

Sarcasm

• Sarcasm: It is quite hard to be sarcastic in prose when you are not speaking with your real voice. So written sarcasm is usually in the form of articles or coming from a specific character in a work of fiction.

• There is obviously some crossover between a sarcastic piece and a spoof, but generally speaking sarcasm will be more understated and less outrageous, more biting and perhaps even cruel, and involves pretending to take the opposite viewpoint to your real one, and then making it look stupid or wrong.

• This would usually involve writing about how great something is while simultaneously making yourself look stupid by using ridiculous or shockingly immoral arguments.

Sarcasm

Irony

• Irony is something which reveals the perversity of fate. Here are a couple of real life examples of irony that clearly show how you could also use it to construct a scenario in your writing - Tony Blair got the job of UN peace envoy to the middle east.

• Many people think it is ironic that he was chosen for this job, seeing as he started two wars there. And an example from a newspaper - 'local school Noah's Ark play cancelled due to flooding'.

Parody• Parody: Parody is probably the main type of satire both in

terms of how commonly it is used and also the broadness of the different styles which it encompasses.

• The main characteristic of parody is extreme exaggeration. Basically you pick on certain points that you want to make fun of them, and then blow them up out of all proportion, thus reducing them to the absurd.

• This can be done in the form of a caricature, or in the form of a spoof. An example of a caricature would be impressionists who mimic celebrities and politicians, but make fun of them by over-emphasizing their quirks or faults.

• A spoof generally does not portray the real life person, or whatever the thing being mocked it if not a person, but rather created a total fiction which in someway mirrors real life and bears enough comparisons to real life things for people to know what you are referring to. The same technique of exaggeration is still used, but you have more freedom with a spoof so they are often more outrageous.

• Common examples include fake news stories or movies like 'Scary Movie'.

Parody

• A parody is also called a spoof, and is used to make fun or mock someone or something by imitating them in a funny or satirical way. Parody is found in literature, movies, and song.  

• A good example or a parody is the song “Girls Just Want to Have Lunch” by Weird Al Yankovic, which is a parody of the song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi Lauper. Following is an excerpt of Al’s song:

• Some girls like to buy new shoes• And others like drivin' trucks and wearing tattoos• There's only one thing that they all like a bunch• Oh, girls, they want to have lunch... 

Parody: A literary work, play, poem, or program that imitates the style of another literary work, play, poem, or program. A parody

can be simply amusing or it can be mocking in tone

Mocking in Tone

Satire: A piece of literature or a scripted

entertainment designed to make something look ridiculous. It is also meant to suggest that

the subject of the satire is changed.Satire examples are found in many works of

literature. Satire is used to show foolishness or vice in humans, organizations, or even

governments, by using sarcasm, ridicule, or irony. Satire can be an entire work that uses

satire throughout. Satire is often used to effect political or social change or to prevent it.

Someone who uses satire is a satirist.

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