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formal, using the first person to address the reader or a character in the work itself

uses a fictional narrative or other form to attack those who make themselves/their opinions ridiculous, and are made to look even more ridiculous

type of formal satire in which the speaker, usually a tolerant intellectual amused by hipocracy (in others and himself), uses relaxed, informal language to make a point

type of formal satire in which the speaker is a moralist who is determined to elicit indignation from his audience

informal satire which uses various prose forms, like mixing verse and narrative or presenting a series of dialogues and debates to make its point

a form of satire which imitates a serious literary work or genre, but elicits amusement because of an outrageous distinction between it and the original

form of burlesque
models itself after the serious manner and characteristic features of a work or the style of an author

form of burlesque
applies the formal conventions of the epic to commonplace subject matter

form of burlesque
treats a lofty subject in a highly undignified manner

irony which uses understatement to undercut the importance of a person or thing

a form of understatement which uses humor to make its point

a statement in which what the speaker says is far different from what he means

a technique in which the author introduces a feature or adopts a persona which provides a double meaning through the work. here the reader understands the irony, but the speaker doesn't

presents a speaker who offers a position which subverts the surface meaning of the work

presents no fixed standpoint and all statements within are rife with irony

a method of direct denunciation that makes use of epithets
like: Julius Caesar debating the merit of another man with Octavius "he's a tried and valiant soldier" "so is my horse"

equivalent to irony in real life
in literature, demonstrated as apparent praise used for dispraise

when a character or speaker assumes an ignorant role, then reveales weakness or absurdity in another's contrary opinions

here the reader and the author know circumstances of which the character in question is not aware