satire

«satire» in Mova's school dictionary: a way of writing, drawing or performing that uses humour… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (satire, satires)

meaning for a pupil

1) Satire is a way of writing, drawing or performing that uses humour, exaggeration or mockery to show that people, especially powerful people, are silly or wrong. tree →

2) A satire is a story, play or cartoon that does this. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in older reading and media lessons: cartoons in newspapers and comedy shows that make fun of politicians. Gulliver's Travels and Animal Farm are famous satires. Media literacy: a satire website writes made-up funny news, so do not believe it as real news.

examples

• The cartoon is a satire of the government. tree →
• Animal Farm is a satire about power. tree →
• Some news websites are satire, so the stories are not real. tree →
• Satire uses humour to show something is wrong. tree →
• The play was a funny satire of school life. tree →
• Check if a story is satire before you share it. tree →
• The defendant replied with satire as keen, while the audience laughed, and gave their verdict. tree →

note

Adjective: satirical. A satirist writes satire. Not the same as "satyr" (a mythical creature). Satire is a trap online: it can look like real news.

In the corpora

• Some sites, like The Onion, write satire: made-up news as a joke.
• People have laughed at leaders for hundreds of years, with cartoons, impressions and fake news shows called satire.
• Satire is a joke that copies the style of news, like the made-up headlines on The Onion or The Beaverton.
• Satire is a joke that copies the style of news, like The Onion in the USA or The Beaverton in Canada.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «satire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.