Question

How does characterization support satire? Select three options.

It pokes fun at characters by placing them in extreme situations.
It makes fun of human weaknesses through humorous characters.
It exposes human flaws by exaggerating characters’ weaknesses.
It reveals a gap between belief and reality by making characters unaware of their weaknesses.
It ridicules socially acceptable behavior by showing how characters’ good intentions backfire.

Answer 1

- It makes fun of human weaknesses through humorous characters.
- It exposes human flaws by exaggerating characters’ weaknesses.
- It reveals a gap between belief and reality by making characters unaware of their weaknesses.

These three describe how authors shape characters (through caricature, exaggeration, and dramatic irony) to highlight and criticize human/social foibles in satire.