SATIRE--From Fowler’s Modern English Usage

FORM	MOTIVE OR AIM	PROVINCE	MEDTHOD OR MEANS	AUDIENCE
1. humor	discovery	human nature	observation	the sympathetic
2. wit	throwing light	words and ideas	surprise	the intelligent
3. satire	amendment	morals and manners	accentuation	the self-satisfied
4. sarcasm	inflicting pain	faults and foibles	inversion	victim and bystander
5. invective	discredit	misconduct	direct statement	the public
6. irony	exclusiveness	statement of facts	mystification	an inner circle
7. cynicism	self-justification	morals	exposure of nakedness	the respectable
8. the sardonic	self-relief	adversity	pessimism	self