SATIRE METHODS

PARODY

• Humorous imitation of another work
• Werid Al songs

IRONY

• Uses contradictory statements to show situation different than reality
• Huck saying he's a "low down abolitionist"

HYPERBOLE

• Extreme exaggeration
• "I sleep 24/7"

Understatement

• Presenting something with less significance than it has
• Huck saying it was only a slave who got hurt

WIT

• Intellectually amusing language
• Pun

SARCASM

• Bitter language meant to hurt or ridicule something
• "I love homework"

JUXTAPOSITION

• Dissimilar things put together for comparison
• The widow's house and the raft