In "High School Students Demand Wars" the author uses many devices to make this article sound funny. The author uses oxymoron when saying "Australia and Austria, unless, the said, these last two are the same country," two opposite terms next to each other. The author uses a pun when saying "about places like Somalia and Massachusetts," word play that suggests two or more meaning. Lastly the author uses slapstick when saying "oh shit, is my microphone on?" Which is physical humor. All these devices are Satire.
In "Silent but Violent" Brent Crawford uses a plethora of devices in his short story. The author uses slapstick when he says "we always buy snacks as payment for the stolen screening, because who would stop someone walking into a theater with a big tub of popcorn, Milk Duds, and a huge cherry coke?" It's slapstick because he buys food to pay for his stolen movie. Brent uses onomatopoeia when saying "SQUEEZE," because he was trying to hold his fart in. "I hung out in the hall for about a minute and a half, so it looks like im peeing and not taking a grumper," is a metaphor because it uses like