1. Satire
Or…how to make fun of someone in a smart way

2. Satire
A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it.

3. Exaggeration
To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen
Example: Scary Movie exaggerates techniques used in horror films to scare audiences.

4. Incongruity
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
Example: A toaster as a time machine in the parody of Simpson’s “Sound of Thunder” OR

5. Reversal To present the opposite of the normal order
Example: On Family Stewie acts like an adult.

6. Parody
To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing
Example: Weird Al Yankovic songs, Epic Movie, Scary Movie, Date Movie, The Simpsons

7. Common Elements of Fairy Tales
Talking animals/elves/giants
Antagonist/protagonist
Magic
Happily ever after
Once upon a time
Princess/Heroes/Knights
Damsel in distress/witch/dragon