The use of literary devices to create cinematic, rich images

The use of incongruity, irony, parody, exaggeration to mock vices and folly

The use of personification and metaphor to create a unified tone and theme

A form of zeitgeist

True

False

Agree with something

Make people laugh

Criticize something

To bring about change

By modeling correct thought and behavior

By ridiculing flaws and follies

By praising achievements and honors

By explicitly explaining the difference between right and wrong

Hyperbole

Reversal

Inversion

Parody

The Colbert Report

Saturday Night Live

The Comedy Jam

Family guy