<span>satire: the combination of humor and criticism to point out human follies
</span> <span>It's so effective because it takes whatever it is criticizing to a point that you have to laugh and proves the truth of the criticism. Effective satire has to be based on "truth" - the characteristics satirized have to be there, exaggerated but there.
Example: "You might be from Wisconsin if you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by."</span>
An argument is An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
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John Proctor is noble because he puts his commitment to the truth above all else, even though it will cost him a chance to live on with his wife and to know his child who hasn't yet been born.
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