Which statement best describes swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this passage?
swift uses understatement when he says that irish boys get “continual exercise”; the boys must endure hard labor on farms.
swift uses understatement when he calls his friend “so deserving a patriot”; his friend is much more patriotic than swift suggests.
swift uses verbal irony when he calls his friend a “patriot”; a true patriot would not suggest using ireland’s children for food.
swift uses verbal irony when he says that irish school boys get a lot of exercise; in reality, they do not get much exercise.