A pamphlet calmly proposes charging citizens a “breathing fee” to solve the city budget, complete with rate tables and exemptions for the wealthy. What is the passage as a whole doing?

After a committee spends three hours renaming a leaking roof “an overhead hydration feature,” a columnist writes, “Brilliant. The rain has been administratively defeated.” Which term best names the line?

A reviewer writes, “The hotel’s midnight fire alarm was a restful lullaby,” after describing guests standing outside in winter. Which term best names the sentence’s effect?

An essay adopts the voice of a school handbook that rewards students for never asking questions and calls curiosity “a preventable disruption.” What is the essay as a whole doing?

A supervisor says, “Excellent teamwork,” to an employee who has left every task unfinished and every email unanswered. What is the statement primarily doing?

A travel column describes a bus “arriving almost on time, if one defines noon as any moment before sunset.” Which term names the phrase’s main move?

A mock investor letter celebrates a company for “turning customer confusion into a renewable revenue stream” through hidden fees. What is the passage chiefly doing?

A column praises a gym for its “heroic courage in charging members extra to use the stairs.” What signals that the praise is not sincere?

A memo says the cafeteria’s removal of chairs will “liberate students from the tyranny of sitting.” What tells a reader to resist the literal claim?

A writer calls a phone update that deletes contacts “a bold campaign against the burden of friendship.” Which signal exposes the ironic stance?

A mayor is praised for “the visionary achievement of moving the pothole from Elm Street to the press release.” What is the clearest signal of satire?

A school newsletter boasts that shorter library hours will “increase independent research by making books less available.” What clue marks the claim as ironic?

An essay imagines airport security confiscating passengers’ novels because imagination may delay boarding. What is the satire aimed at?

A mock city ordinance requires permits for compliments because “unlicensed kindness may disrupt productivity.” What practice is the passage attacking?

A column proposes replacing teacher comments with bar codes so feedback can be scanned faster. What is the satire mainly aimed at?

A mock wellness article advises workers to sleep under their desks so they can “eliminate the commute between exhaustion and labor.” What is the target?

A satirical FAQ says a museum will preserve local history by replacing artifacts with gift-shop magnets. What is the critique aimed at?

A columnist writes an entire article as a corporate apology that apologizes only for “any feelings customers chose to experience.” Which technique is this?

A proposal argues that libraries should ban books so reading becomes “rare, exclusive, and therefore more valuable.” Which satiric technique drives the argument?

Between the weather and the traffic, a columnist notes that the city solved homelessness by renaming benches “residential platforms,” then moves on without comment. Which technique is most evident?

An essay claims one late homework assignment will “collapse civilization, darken the sun, and silence every clock.” Which technique carries the satire?

A literal reader accepts a mock proposal to grade students by shoe price. Which claim has that reader wrongly assigned to the writer?

A satirical brochure urges tourists to visit a polluted river for “the authentic glow of industrial progress.” What would a literal reader wrongly think the writer believes?

A mock advice column tells parents to replace bedtime stories with quarterly performance reviews. What would a literal reading falsely attribute to the writer?

A fake university notice praises tuition hikes as “a needed reminder that knowledge should remain admirably scarce.” What claim would a literal reader mistakenly find?