Can anyone help? A Modest Proposal
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
DIRECTIONS: Write vocabulary words from the Word Box in the appropriate
blanks. Not all words will be used.
Word Box
sustenance
glutted
deference
scrupulous
censure
In "A Modest Proposal," Swift uses verbal irony to
(1)
the way England ignores Irish poverty.
Swift pretends to offer a suitable answer to the problem, but the
(2)
he suggests is shocking. Pointing out that
poor Irish people fill the streets everywhere one goes, Swift observes that
they have (3)
the kingdom with children. Irish
families who have a hard time providing their families with food are forced
to beg for their (4)
Swift pretends to show
(5)
for those who would profit from his plan,
but his use of irony reveals his true feeling of disqust.
expedient
digressed
procure
brevity
animosities