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Okay so this isn't the best videos for seniors in high school but it explains these 2 literary devices pretty well

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Satire, Parody or Spoof?

If I learned anything from my time as a wannabe humor writer, it is that writing something truly funny is hard work. Every time I tried to set up potentially funny lines or put people in humorous situations, it just wasn't that funny. What I should have done was look to the humor writers of the past and present for inspiration and much-needed guidance. By looking at how they used forms like satire, parody and spoof to great effect, I learned how humor writing works, if not how to write it myself.

Parody

One type of humor writing, parody, is all around us, from a fake commercial on Saturday Night Live to the comedian-musician Weird Al's version of the song 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll,' titled 'I Love Rocky Road.' It is no surprise then that the word parody comes from the Greek words 'side-by-side' and 'song,' with the parody intended to be compared side-by-side with the original.

In literature, a parody takes a specific work and uses the conventions it is known for to poke fun at them. Just as a parody of a commercial exaggerates the language and images of a specific commercial to advertise a fake (and often silly) product, a literary parody exaggerates the language and tone of a well-known work for humorous effect.

So if the work being parodied is an action-adventure story where the hero has a short temper, the hero in the parody might try to fight everyone he encounters, from bad guys to old ladies.

One of my favorite literary parodies is Erica-Lynn Huberty's take on the poem 'This Is Just to Say,' by William Carlos Williams. Both are quick notes of apology with short lines and simple language:

'This Is Just to Say,' by William Carlos Williams (1934)

Using a very similar structure and tone as Williams, Huberty writes:

'This is Just to Say (for William Carlos William),' by Erica-Lynn Huberty (1991)

Huberty's parody is funny because it uses the simple style of the Williams poem, but to kick someone out of her house instead of sweetly apologizing for eating the last of the plums.

Spoof

Parody is often confused with spoof, which is also mocking in nature, but spoofs mock a general genre rather than a specific work of art.

For example, the 1605 novel The Adventures of Don Quixote, by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, is a parody of romance novels of the time, so it's actually a spoof.

Don Quixote is a man who, inspired by books describing the chivalrous deeds of knights, decides to start protecting the helpless and taking down bad guys. This sounds nice, but Don Quixote is a bit of a fool, as we can see from this exchange with his partner, Sancho Panza:

'Look there, Sancho Panza, my friend, and see those thirty or so wild giants, with whom I intend to do battle and kill each and all of them, so with their stolen booty we can begin to enrich ourselves. This is noble, righteous warfare, for it is wonderfully useful to God to have such an evil race wiped from the face of the earth.'

'What giants?' asked Sancho Panza.

'The ones you can see over there,' answered his master, 'with the huge arms, some of which are very nearly two leagues long.'

'Now look, your grace,' said Sancho, 'what you see over there aren't giants, but windmills, and what seems to be arms are just their sails, that go around in the wind and turn the millstone.'

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or spoof: types of humorous writing - video & lesson transcript | study.com

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Satire, Parody, or Spoof: Types of Humorous Writing - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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If I learned anything from my time as a wannabe humor writer, it is that writing something truly funny is hard work. Every time I tried to set up potentially funny lines or put people in humorous situations, it just wasn't that funny.

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-Political Cartoons

- Huckleberry Finn

-Gulliver's travels

- Weird Al Songs

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It is a strategy used by writers to point out stupidity or criticize views or things the writer doesn't agree with by using humor

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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.

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Gulliver's Travels was written as a parody of contemporary

England and poked fun at English society at the time.

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Most of the music "parodies" you hear about are

nor really parodies

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Here are some examples:

-Shaun of the Dead

-Spaceballs

-Anything in the "Scary Movie" series

-The Daily Show

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i'll tell you. Basically the author imitates another piece

and uses exaggeration or stressing certain features too

much, generally for the purpose of comedy.

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An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.