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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." A very worthy person, a true lover of his country, and whose virtues I highly esteem, was lately pleased, in discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my scheme. He said, that many gentlemen of this kingdom, having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the want of venison might be well supply’d by the bodies of young lads and maidens. The underlined portions of the excerpt are examples of verbal irony because |
anyone who is truly virtuous or patriotic would not suggest using children for food, so Swift means the opposite of what he says. |
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen. The false premise in this excerpt is that |
people would be willing to use the skin of children to make clothing |
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In "A Modest Proposal," why does Swift intentionally use false premises as a basis for his arguments? |
to signal that he is actually writing a satire |
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Which best describes Swift’s purpose for writing "A Modest Proposal"? |
to criticize England’s treatment of the Irish with the hope of bringing about societal change |
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Swift used satire in "A Modest Proposal" to _________ an aspect of English society. |
criticize |
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Which sentence about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" is written objectively? |
"A Modest Proposal" uses false premises to signal that it is actually a satire. |
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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal." Swift foolishly boasts that his proposal to help end poverty will also encourage marriage and improve the quality of family life. Which phrase from this statement signals an opinion? |
foolishly boasts |
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children, by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. Which statement effectively uses a quotation to relate Swift’s claim that he has no personal motive for making this proposal? |
According to Swift, he has "not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work." |
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal" and the summary that follows. A very worthy person, a true lover of his country, and whose virtues I highly esteem, was lately pleased, in discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my scheme. He said, that many gentlemen of this kingdom, having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the want of venison might be well supply’d by the bodies of young lads and maidens, not exceeding fourteen years of age, nor under twelve; so great a number of both sexes in every country being now ready to starve for want of work and service. Excerpt summary: Which best describes this summary of the excerpt? |
It effectively paraphrases the excerpt but does not correctly use a quotation |
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." I desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it a great happiness to have been sold for food at a year old, in the manner I prescribe, and thereby have avoided such a perpetual scene of misfortunes, as they have since gone through, by the oppression of landlords, the impossibility of paying rent without money or trade, the want of common sustenance, with neither house nor cloaths to cover them from the inclemencies of the weather, and the most inevitable prospect of intailing the like, or greater miseries, upon their breed for ever. |
Swift maintains that, if asked, people who have lived in poverty their entire lives would say that they would rather have been sold for food at one year of age. |
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Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." Whereas the maintainance of an hundred thousand children, from two years old, and upwards, cannot be computed at less than ten shillings a piece per annum, the nation’s stock will be thereby encreased fifty thousand pounds per annum, besides the profit of a new dish, introduced to the tables of all gentlemen of fortune in the kingdom, who have any refinement in taste. And the money will circulate among our selves, the goods being entirely of our own growth and manufacture. Which sentence best paraphrases the excerpt? |
Swift argues that his proposal would increase the circulation of money and strengthen England’s economy. |
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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal." In "A Modest Proposal," Swift also implies that the Irish themselves have not done enough to improve conditions for their poor. This statement is |
objective because it is NOT influenced by feelings or opinions. |
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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal." In "A Modest Proposal," Swift indisputably proves that the children’s skins could even be used to create clothing Which word or phrase should replace "indisputably proves" to create an objective tone? |
suggests |
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Which sentence about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" is written subjectively? |
A Modest Proposal" is one of the most brilliant, well-constructed, and effective satires ever written |
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