English, 27.08.2019 16:10 scarletmartinez

Read this passage from jonathan swift's 'a modest proposal's whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.
which statement best explains swift's use of rhetoric in this passage?
a. swift uses irony to show that those whom the public honors are
often the best kinds of people
b. swift uses understatement to show that he believes society is
honoring the correct people.
c. swift uses satire to show that he doesn't believe that statues are a
good way to honor people.
d. swift uses satire to show that he doesn't hays agree with the
public's choice in whom to honor.

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