How does the title, "A Modest Proposal," tell the reader that the piece is satirical?

The title calls the proposal “modest,” suggesting that it is mild or reasonable. But the proposal is actually shocking and extreme: Swift suggests eating poor Irish children as a solution to poverty. The contrast between the mild title and the violent proposal signals satire, so the correct choice is that the proposal is extreme and violent, not gentle as the title says.

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