The answer is C: Satire. <em>Satire</em> criticizes people or ideas, with the purpose to show that they have faults or are wrong. The writers employ this technique with his fictional characters,<em> using irony, exaggeration and humor, in a very</em><em> </em><em>indirect or disguised way.</em> <em>Fable</em> (A) is a brief story with a moral lesson. <em>Parable </em>(B) is a short story also witha moral lesson. <em>Allegory</em> is a figure of speech (characters represent qualities relate to morals).