| device |
HUMOR |
WIT |
SATIRE |
SARCASM |
| motive/aim |
discovery |
throwing light |
amendment |
inflicting pain |
| province |
human nature |
words & ideas |
morals & manners |
faults & foibles |
| method/means |
observation |
surprise |
accentuation |
inversion |
| audience |
the sympathetic |
the intelligent |
the self-satisfied |
victim & bystander |
| device |
INVECTIVE |
IRONY |
CYNICISM |
SARDONIC |
| motive/aim |
discredit |
exclusiveness |
self-justification |
self-relief |
| province |
misconduct |
statement of facts |
morals |
adversity |
| method/means |
direct statement |
mystification |
exposure of nakedness |
pessimism |
| victim & bystander |
the public |
an inner circle |
the respectable |
the self |
ticking different