Satire spelling and vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. humorous imitation of serious works.
  2. 7. Lampoon publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
  3. 8. the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
  4. 9. attitude of the writer toward his or her subject
  5. 10. an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity
  6. 12. verbal cleverness
  7. 13. what actually occurs is the opposite of what is expected.
  8. 14. one word modifies two or more words with different senses
  9. 15. presenting a willingness to learn for the sake of exposing an opponent’s errors. Pretending ignorance when asked a question or given a statement by someone who is obviously wrong in their thinking.
  10. 16. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
Down
  1. 1. putting together a person, concept, theme, etc. to highlight the contrast between them
  2. 2. Contrast between what is said and what is meant
  3. 3. reader knows something that the characters do not.
  4. 5. use of language to hurt/ridicule: more caustic than irony
  5. 6. To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
  6. 7. Epigram a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
  7. 11. overstating something to make it look worse than it is.