It suggests a satirical and simple proposal to the problem starving Ireland faced: the lack of food to feed the people.
Of course, the entire modest proposal was that parents eat and sell their children as food and the idea was meant as satire, meaning to be considered with a grain of salt and not seriously (kind of like a really dark joke).
''Modest'' means that the proposal was obvious and simple in the eyes of the author Jonathan Swift but not necessarily in the eyes of others. ''Proposal'' means the general answer to the problem Swift was answering.
Hope this helps! :)
The correct answer for this question is this one: "FALSE." <span>Nonparallel structure can be corrected by splitting infinitives. The statement that is presented is not true because only parallel structure can be corrected using the method of splitting infinitives.</span>
The correct answer is a Dictionary.
To persuade because you’re trying to convince someone to do something.
The key word in this prompt is convince :)
The answer should be BARBARIC behavior