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Which statement best explains Swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this passage?

A
Swift uses verbal irony when he mentions objections to his plan in order to prove that no one could possibly object to the proposal.
B
Swift uses verbal irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering upon cruelty” because his plan is not at all cruel.
C
Swift uses understatement and irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering on cruelty” to highlight how cruel the plan really is.

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