Dramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry
Question 10 of 20 • FL-1001315-English 1 CR
Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.
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to highlight to the reader that the government would likely agree with his plan
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to emphasize that he is serious about implementing his plan
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to show the reader that his plan is reasonable and no cause for alarm
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to grab the reader’s attention by using understatement to talk about brutal acts