Exaggeration

Irony, Humor, Exaggeration, etc. to criticize people's stupidity or to make fun of in a good or bad way. The movie Shrek is a great example of Satire, because it shows irony, exaggeration, and humor. Shrek is a good example of exaggeration because in the movie there's a scene where Robin Hood swings from a vine sweeping the princess off her feet, then sings a song to shrek and the princess saying that he takes from the rich and gives to the needy. This is a good example of exaggeration because it is

exaggerated elements and pointing out the obvious. First of all, an author is much more successful at getting their intended point across if they attract the reader’s interest and can sustain their attention. One method for doing so is through extreme exaggerations that make what has already been noticed even more obvious. For example, “A Modest Proposal” presents an issue that a one time was very existent in Ireland. Poor beggar women “instead of being able to work for their honest livelyhood, are forced

paperwork. Also, working class member are forced to take time off of their jobs to sit in an unaesthetic waiting room. The historically displeasing trips to the DMV makes it an easy target for a satire. In "DMV Survival Tips", the creator uses exaggeration and reversal to expose how the DMV is unrealistically set up. Multiple times people have shown up to the DMV with the wrong paperwork or no paperwork at all. The Onion suggests to print and gather the "paperwork […] in advance to shave 53 hours

they have a man that is exaggerating and can do really anything and they have an eye catching view to the ad by exaggerating. Both of these ads have lots of exaggeration and they both have these slogans “Legend of the lemon tree” and “Add a little sparkle”.

insulting. In the satire that was created it talks about how Obama wanted to thank Donald Trump for confirming his citizenship in America. Andy Borowitz uses several satirical techniques throughout this article. He began the article off with a exaggeration by having Obama call this encounter, "'the greatest day of [his] life'" (Borowitz). Everyone knows that Obama was not a big fan of Trump, so

“The Acharnians” is a work of satire that uses mostly horatian-style satire and lots of examples of exaggeration. During the town meeting towards the beginning of the play, the commissioner states, “And we did suffer on our journey thro’ Cayster’s plains -- in curtain’d palanquins, Luxuriously bestow’d in cushions soft -- Poor wretches that we were!” (page 20 lines 9-12). This is an exaggeration of how well treated the government officials are, being carried in curtained transportation with soft

viewers of this image what the apps are, build an instant connection since they are able to see how these application can cause distraction. Exaggeration is the last objective this image displays to viewers. By labeling the image as “Weapons of Mass Distraction” it almost sounds like weapons of mass destruction. By having a title like this, the exaggeration that the social app is a disadvantage is clearly portrayed. With all the objectives shown in this image, the author makes a clear message that

Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal is an outstanding example of the “sharp wit and biting sarcasm” (Mortesten). Using sarcastic comparisons and ironic exaggerations, Swift captured reader’s attention with the first words of his essay; and led the reader through it in a playful manner, keeping the reader tense and curious – every sentence sounded even more ridiculous than the previous one. Yet besides entertaining the reader, the author was able to make the reader think about the true point of the

Holocaust Denial The Holocaust, the systematic extermination of 11 million Jews and other minorities during World War 2, was an occurrence caused by human brutality and cruelty. Today, there is a wide variety of evidence including first person accounts, literature, images and other physical evidence from camps including Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps. Despite this evidence, there are still people to date who believe that the Holocaust did not take place, or that what is said to have taken

‘Pinocchio’ and even ‘The boy who cried wolf’ which taught us the moral value that lies are bad. However, is it really as detrimental as people make it out to be? There are many different kinds of lies such as bad faith, economical with truth, exaggeration, fraud, noble lie and speaking with forked tongues. Do none of these play a part in bettering society rather than only causing harm? The first type of lie is called ‘Bad faith’. As defined by the French philosopher, Sartre, “bad faith” is lying