The Tools Of A Satirist

5 Questions | By Jclarkevans | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022 | Total Attempts: 73

Practice identifying the tools of the satirist with examples from Swift's "A Modest Proposal. " For each question select the most appropriate tool for the quote given.

Questions and Answers

1.

The title of the essay: "A Modest Proposal"
- A.
  
  Exaggeration
- B.
  
  Understatement
- C.
  
  Verbal irony
- D.
  
  Parody
2.

"...who [the helpless infants] as they grow up either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes."
- A.
  
  Exaggeration
- B.
  
  Understatement
- C.
  
  Verbal irony
- D.
  
  Parody
3.

"...as a little bordering upon cruelty, which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, however so well intended."
- A.
  
  Exaggeration
- B.
  
  Understatement
- C.
  
  Verbal irony
- D.
  
  Parody
4.

"...thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come."
- A.
  
  Exaggeration
- B.
  
  Understatement
- C.
  
  Verbal irony
- D.
  
  Parody
5.

"I have always found them grossly mistaken in this computation."
- A.
  
  Exaggeration
- B.
  
  Understatement
- C.
  
  Verbal irony
- D.
  
  Parody

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