Answer: Their performance varies considerable, they are often idle, and then might have an occasional flurry of activity.
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I think the answer is A. I’m sorry if it’s wrong.
Answer:
Answer is Option D: Then as to the females, ſeating children) would, I think, with humble submission, be a loss to the publick, because they sool
would become breeders themselves.
Explanation:
The main theme of the story "Modest Proposal" is social class. It highlights the difference between the rich and poor Irish. He uses satire to highlight the oppression of the poor.
An understatement is depicting something in a way that it looks less bad or seems less important. In the statement D, the author uses an understatement where he says women eat children and later become their mothers themselves. This is a cruel act of acting children but depicted as understatement that Women become breeders.
Other options are not understatements.