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Satire, parody, caricature and deadpan

12th grade (Year 13 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: RL.11-12.6, RI.11-12.6 · England: A-level English Literature, AP Language, Media literacy

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Question 1
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Imitating the style of a particular work or genre for comic effect.
- A. satire
- B. caricature
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. parody
Question 2
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Using humour, irony or exaggeration to criticise people, institutions or society.
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Question 3
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? A short film copies every cliché of superhero trailers — slow-motion explosions, a deep-voiced narrator — but the 'hero' is a librarian returning overdue books.
- A. caricature
- B. reductio ad absurdum
- C. satire
- D. parody
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Question 4
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Using humour, irony or exaggeration to criticise people, institutions or society.
- A. parody
- B. satire
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. caricature
Question 5
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
Answer
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Question 6
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? The cartoon shows the famously proud mayor with a head three times the size of his body, admiring himself in a mirror.
- A. caricature
- B. satire
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. deadpan
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Question 7
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Imitating the style of a particular work or genre for comic effect.
- A. parody
- B. satire
- C. deadpan
- D. caricature
Question 8
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
Answer
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Question 9
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? A short film copies every cliché of superhero trailers — slow-motion explosions, a deep-voiced narrator — but the 'hero' is a librarian returning overdue books.
- A. reductio ad absurdum
- B. parody
- C. caricature
- D. satire
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Question 10
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
- A. parody
- B. caricature
- C. deadpan
- D. reductio ad absurdum
Question 11
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
Answer
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Question 12
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? The cartoon shows the famously proud mayor with a head three times the size of his body, admiring himself in a mirror.
- A. caricature
- B. deadpan
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. parody
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Question 13
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
- A. deadpan
- B. reductio ad absurdum
- C. caricature
- D. parody
Question 14
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Using humour, irony or exaggeration to criticise people, institutions or society.
Answer
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Question 15
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? The cartoon shows the famously proud mayor with a head three times the size of his body, admiring himself in a mirror.
- A. satire
- B. caricature
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. deadpan
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Question 16
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Using humour, irony or exaggeration to criticise people, institutions or society.
- A. satire
- B. deadpan
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. caricature

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