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What Are 3 Satirical Devices?

7 satire techniques Exaggeration. Exaggeration entails making a situation or person look better or worse than they are by overstating or understating certain characteristics beyond reality. Incongruity. Reversal. Parody. Irony. Anachronism. Malapropism. What are the 3 types of satire? There are three main types of satire, each serving a different role. Horatian. Horatian satire is …

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Why Did Elizabeth Not Like Puritans?

Some Puritan clergy started organising prayer meetings known as ‘prophesyings’ which displeased Elizabeth. In these meetings Puritans took a freer approach to prayer and did not follow what Elizabeth had specified. She was concerned ideas might spread that challenged the Religious Settlement. How did Elizabeth and the Puritans disagree over the crucifix? To Elizabethan Puritans, …

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What Did Elizabeth The First Do With The Church?

1559: Queen Elizabeth wished to create a new moderate religious settlement derived from Henry VIII’s break from Rome. She established the Church of England in 1559. How did Elizabeth the first deal with religion? Upon assuming the throne, Queen Elizabeth I restored England to Protestantism. This broke with the policy of her predecessor and half-sister, …

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