What Is A Satire & How Do I Write One?
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- 07 Feb 2023
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In this post, we look at satires. We ask and answer the questions: What is a satire and how do I write one?
We’ve all encountered satire: daily talk show hosts on TV like Stephen Colbert or John Oliver use it, movies are made as satires, even classics we know from school or university are satires.
What Is A Satire & How Do I Write One?
Laughter is the best way into people’s hearts. It’s so disarming! An author can use humour as a secret weapon to sneak in messages with a punch.
‘Satire is a literary device for the artful ridicule of a folly or vice as a means of exposing or correcting it.’
Before people know it, they’re reflecting on their own behaviour or even shortcomings. As you can see, a writer has to create on two levels and that’s what makes satire so hard to craft. Let’s look at it in more detail.
What Is A Satire?
The word ‘satire’ is used to describe a literary genre, as well as a literary device. It is a form of social commentary on contemporary issues. These are its most important characteristics: Read More…
