Criticism of people, customs or institutions through ridicule, exaggeration or irony.
In The Slum
O Miranda apareceu furioso à janela, com o seu tipo de comendador, a barriga empinada para a frente, de paletó branco, um guardanapo ao pescoço e um trinchante empunhado na destra, como uma espada, Miranda appeared furious at the window, with his comendador's air, belly thrust forward, in a white jacket, a napkin at his neck and a carving knife raised in his right hand like a sword
The narrator piles up details, the "comendador type," the belly thrust forward, the napkin at the neck, and together they ridicule Miranda's pose of importance without the need for comment.
Chapters VI to VII: Rita Baiana's Sunday and the Pagode, the narrator