{"id":733,"date":"2016-04-26T23:48:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T23:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysoak.com\/?page_id=733"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T15:01:28","slug":"satire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/satire\/","title":{"rendered":"SATIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is Satire?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Satire is a technique used by writers to expose foolishness and corruption of individuals in a humorous way in an effort to improve humanity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Definition of Satire<\/h2>\n<p>Satire &#8211; noun\u00a0 sat\u00b7ire \\\u02c8sa-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)r\\<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.<\/li>\n<li>A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0literary genre comprising such compositions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Examples of Satire<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Satire is a form of comedy in which irony, humor and exaggeration are used as a way of mocking or ridiculing a certain idea, belief, or concept. It is very commonly used to mock politicians and their views, as seen on this site and many others.<\/li>\n<li>The idea of writing satire is to be able to mock a person, place, belief, etc. in a humorous way in the hope that it might have an impact and cause change.<\/li>\n<li>An example of Satire would be the way satirical sites use it to discuss current events in a humorous way with the intent on delivering a more serious message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anyone offended by Satire or any of its derivatives should leave this site immediately to prevent viewing this type of material.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Castigat ridendo mores<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"27650\" class=\"elementor elementor-27650\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f363490 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f363490\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe1f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-foxiz-ad-script\" data-id=\"ebe1f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"foxiz-ad-script.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ad-wrap ad-script-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ad-description is-meta\">- Advertisement -<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ad-script non-adsense edge-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6396239067732752\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- HeaderAd2 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6396239067732752\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1327390313\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Satire? Satire is a technique used by writers to expose foolishness and corruption of individuals in a humorous way in an effort to improve humanity. Definition of Satire Satire &#8211; noun\u00a0 sat\u00b7ire \\\u02c8sa-\u02cct\u012b(-\u0259)r\\ The use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. A literary composition, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-733","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysoak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}