Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child (in which list I reckon all cottagers, labourers, and four-fifths of the farmers) to be about two shillings per annum, rags included; and I believe no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child, which, as I have said, will make four dishes of excellent nutritive meat, when he hath only some particular friend, or his own family to dine with him. One aspect of satire evident in this excerpt is understatement, because the author truly believes that his plan is worthwhile. verbal irony, because the author does not truly believe his own words. verbal irony, because the author wants others to see his point of view. understatement, because the author does not think others will agree with him. -ANSWER- verbal irony, because the author does not truly believe his own words.

One aspect of satire evident in this excerpt is verbal irony, because the author does not truly believe his own words.

Satire is a form of literature where a subject is ridiculed with the intent of provoking change. We see evidence of satire which is also a form of irony in this text.

The author of the essay, Jonathan Swift was trying to criticize the policies of the rulers at the time who did not care about the poor in society.

In this text, he encourages the rich to eat the beggar's children since they had no conscience to steal from the poor.

While he was not encouraging cannibalism, his intent was to criticize the bad government.

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One aspect of satire evident in this excerpt is:

B. verbal irony, because the author does not truly believe his own words.

Explanation:

By author Jonathan Swift, "A Modest Proposal" is one of the greatest and most famous examples of satire in literature. His proposal is anything but modest. It is a criticism on how the rich not only exploit the poor, but also accuse the poor of being a burden. The proposal is simple: that the poor sell their children as food to the rich. Swift even says he has ideas for recipes on how to cook a child. The verbal irony is blatant. The author does not believe his own words. He also does not want anyone else to believe them. His sole purpose is to shock people. The bloody, cruel proposal that seems to be too much is nothing but a colorful portrait of the injustices the rich commit against the poor already.

below i present a summary with the most relevant aspects of chapter 2, which were taken from karangan bahasa inggeris (english essays) spm: argumentative essays.

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credit to mohana ram murugiah.

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teacher smiles at the students who wait for his signal to sit down. he nods briefly and the students sit down and get ready for the lesson to start. there is an air of quiet expectancy when teacher refers to the unusual things found underneath their houses that morning. whispers of bags of rice ran among the students and a student muttered reluctantly that the rice is rent for the landlord. this starts off the discussion on the issue of paying rent for the use of the landowner’s land. da wan raises the question of why the landlord owns the land rather than the farmer although they have spent a lot of time farming it. the three reasons of labour, need and inheritance are listed as reasons for the landlord’s ownership of the land. they are discussed and dismissed as inadequate reasons. they suggested a system of collective farming to the farmers. the headmaster comes down the corridor to observe the lesson. teacher very quickly changed the lesson to a geography wesson. the students followed his cue and no one gave the slightest notice < of the headmaster ‘s presence. when the headmaster leaves, teacher explains the implications of winning the scholarship. it involves bearing respontsibilities and the scholarship holder should master what is useful and return to the village. he should understand the injustices in the present system and change it to a fairer system. then, he announces the wiimnuir of the scholarship to be dawan.

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