Satire in Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" (Continued) – Flashcards
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Swift used satire in "A Modest Proposal" to [BLANK] an aspect of English society.
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Criticize
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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?
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Swift argues that his proposal would increase the circulation of money and strengthen England's economy.
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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: Swift writes about a virtuous and patriotic friend who suggests there will be a demand for children aged twelve to fourteen by the wealthy of the kingdom who have "depleted their deer supply." Which best describes this summary of the excerpt?
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It effectively paraphrases the excerpt but does not correctly use a quotation
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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?
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suggests
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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
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objective because it is not influenced by feelings or opinions.
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Which sentence about Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is written subjectively?
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A Modest Proposal" is one of the most brilliant, well-constructed, and effective satires ever written
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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.
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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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Which sentence about Swift's "A Modest Proposal" is written objectively?
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"A Modest Proposal" uses false premises to signal that it is actually a satire.
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In "A Modest Proposal," why does Swift intentionally use false premises as a basis for his arguments?
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to signal that he is actually writing a satire
