Satire is any piece of writing that uses devices such as irony, understatement, exaggeration and the like to attempt to correct human vice or folly. It is divided into the funny: Horatian and the...
Satire is designed to illustrate the contradictions, foibles, or folly of a person, group, or policy. It attempts to expose faults or deficiencies, often in an irreverent or sarcastic manner.