Check the elements used to convey the message parody
reversal
incongruity
situational irony
dramatic irony
exaggeration

Which techniques best describe the tone the author is using in this passage?

How can you paraphrase this, this is about golden age fallacies. these are all rational people who know that older is not necessarily better, but many are taken in by this fallacy and seem no longer able to reason with any degree of reliability

From reading the first section of the legend of sleepy hollow, how would you identify this genre of literature?