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 author is using satire in this excerpt to emphasize the

a. utter absurdity of his plan.
b. necessity for warm winter clothing.
c. ways that people are cruel to children.
d. various benefits of his plan.

i c

yas the answer is c

you didn't provide the passage.

explanation:

seeing as this is your first question on i can see why you may have not known that you need to provide the passage.

without the passage, or even the name of the passage, we can not read the passage, therefore we can not determine when or how the pacing effects the tone.

however, you can either repost this question (providing the passage this time)

or you can comment below what the passage is, and i'll you to the best of my ability!