Prompt
Write a 3-5 paragraph analysis that explains how individual techniques of satire are used in popular culture to make a
comment about a subject. You may choose any example of satire that you wish: The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live,
The Onion, the Daily Show, etc... The essay should include a summary of the episode or text, an explanation of teh main
criticism, and discussion of at least one of the three rhetorical techniques explored in your lessons verbal irony,
understatement, and/or false premises. You may also address the use of exaggeration if it is evident in the selected episode
or text

he argues that crayons are very important

the verbal in this sentence is an infinitive. when you want to know the reason of an action, you simply ask the question "why? ". once you know the reason you can answer with "because".

many times we don´t use the word "because" but we can use another expression and that is an "infinitive of purpose". example:

-why did your brother bring a book?

-he brought a book to study.

in the answer above you can see an example of an infinitive sentence, just like in the example of your text. "he couldn´t run fast enough to beat his older sister". so, the answer is infinitive.

a test i would say we need more information : (