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
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous.
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Question 2
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? A fake news report announces that the government will fix the housing crisis by making all homes smaller — a joke that targets real policy failures.
- A. reductio ad absurdum
- B. satire
- C. deadpan
- D. caricature
Question 3
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
- A. satire
- B. deadpan
- C. parody
- D. reductio ad absurdum
Question 4
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Taking an idea to its logical extreme to show that it is ridiculous.
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Question 5
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. deadpan
- B. parody
- C. satire
- D. reductio ad absurdum
Question 6
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous.
- A. parody
- B. satire
- C. deadpan
- D. caricature
Question 7
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
Answer
Question 8
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. deadpan
- B. parody
- C. satire
- D. reductio ad absurdum
Question 9
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous.
- A. parody
- B. reductio ad absurdum
- C. caricature
- D. satire
Question 10
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Imitating the style of a particular work or genre for comic effect.
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Question 11
Which comic or satirical technique is used here? "The meeting went well," she said flatly, as the projector burst into flames behind her.
- A. satire
- B. parody
- C. deadpan
- D. reductio ad absurdum
Question 12
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous.
- A. deadpan
- B. satire
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. caricature
Question 13
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Taking an idea to its logical extreme to show that it is ridiculous.
Answer
Question 14
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. parody
- B. caricature
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. deadpan
Question 15
Which comic or satirical technique matches this description? Exaggerating a person's features or traits to make them look ridiculous.
- A. caricature
- B. deadpan
- C. reductio ad absurdum
- D. parody
Question 16
Type the comic or satirical technique (in English) that matches this description. Delivering something absurd or funny in a completely serious, expressionless way.
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