Read this excerpt from a visit to europe:
i shewed my alacrity to carry the message right off to jim in the wilds of upper burma by immediately taking leave of the lady, who joined her friends and explained to them that i was a bosom friend of her nephew.
which satirical element is mukharji most clearly using in this excerpt?
a. sarcasm
b. hyperbole
c. symbolism
d. understatement

Study the editorial cartoon mars probe by mike keefe. how does the alien with the baseball bat contribute to the effectiveness of the political cartoon? it suggests that aliens are like people because they play baseball, a human sport. it uses humor to show that unknown factors keep damaging the probes humans send. it shows how to cope with the surface of mars, which is rocky and full of craters. it exaggerates the size of the bat in relation to the mars probe in the cartoon.