Satire and Irony

humor that uses irony, exaggeration, and/or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices

particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues

the aim is not just to amuse, but to affect the person or thing that they dislike; to hurt them, ruin them, or prove a point about them

Exaggeration: to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen

Incongruity: to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings

Reversal: to present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order)

Parody: to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing

Irony: expressing one thing, but meaning another