Satire

Literary devices: Part 5

Feb 23, 2026

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Introduction

Satire exposes flaws in people, institutions, and society without being a directly critical essay, but through an engaging story that serves as an analogy or a mirror, whether with exaggeration or through subtlety.

Satire may use sarcasm, exaggeration, or humor to criticize or ridicule the hypocrisy or absurdity of people, institutions, cultu…

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