Satire

Elegy

Haiku

Ode

To entertain

To inform

To persuade

To criticize

Politicians

Celebrities

Social norms

Historical events

Serious

Humorous

Sarcastic

Melancholic

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Personification

To make the criticism more obvious

To make the criticism more subtle

To make the criticism more entertaining

To make the criticism more persuasive

The Canterbury Tales

Pride and Prejudice

Animal Farm

To Kill a Mockingbird

Jonathan Swift

Mark Twain

George Orwell

Voltaire

The British government

The French government

The Spanish government

The Dutch government

To criticize racism

To criticize slavery

To criticize the American government

To criticize the American South

The Soviet Union

The United States

The British government

The French government

To criticize optimism

To criticize religion

To criticize war

To criticize the French government

It uses humor or irony to criticize.

It is always serious in tone.

It often uses exaggeration or hyperbole.

It can be used to criticize people, ideas, or institutions.

To make people laugh

To make people think

To make people angry

To make people sad

It can help to expose hypocrisy and injustice.

It can help to promote social change.

It can help to make people laugh.

All of the above