Satire

Satire: "the use of humor and wit with a critical attitude, irony, sarcasm, or ridicule for exposing or denouncing the frailties and faults of mankind’s activities and institutions, such as folly, stupidity, or vice. This usually involves both moral judgment and a desire to help improve a custom, belief, or tradition."

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Satire: "a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorna literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn."

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satire

Devices of Satire

Sarcasm: harsh comments that aim to hurt

Overstatement: exaggeration

Understatement: saying less than is meant

Parody: mocking a known person, literary work, movie, etc.

Irony: saying one thing yet meaning another

Pathos: going from the serious to the ridiculous quickly