Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

Question 16 • OK-English Language Arts 12 A1 – EDGNTY-83861 26-27

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Answer

"a contradiction between what is said and what is really meant"

"the use of humor to emphasize the negative qualities of society"

"a description of something as being smaller or less than it really is"

"the use of an incorrect assumption that forms the basis of an argument"

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