Satire

1) The reading talks about how the ape from the future is on the witness stand. This shows irony because it is an ape testifying on the argument of humans evolving from apes. The ape is saying how ridiculous, because the ape is from the future and knows its true.

2) Satire is important because it can creatively get a practical point across without sounding like the author is trying for force the reader into believing his opinion.