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Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal" Answers

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

Swift uses understatement when he says that Irish boys get “continual exercise”; the boys must endure hard labor on farms.

Swift uses understatement when he calls his friend “so deserving a patriot”; his friend is much more patriotic than Swift suggests.

Swift uses verbal irony when he calls his friend a “patriot”; a true patriot would not suggest using Ireland’s children for food.

Swift uses verbal irony when he says that Irish school boys get a lot of exercise; in reality, they do not get much exercise.

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Swift is criticizing England and the wealthy.

Swift is criticizing the treatment of the poor.

Swift uses rhetorical devices such as verbal irony and understatement.

Swift uses false premises to make his arguments.

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