Answer: that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them.
Explanation:
A False Premise refers to a situation where an argument is based on a wrong assumption. Normally this would mean that the argument would be wrong as well but sometimes this is not the case.
In this essay, the author, Jonathan Swift relied on the false premise that parents would rather sell their children than be responsible for them. In other words he was saying that parents would sell their children to the higher classes to to survive.
Answer:
The teacher begins with a sentence, for example 'If I go out tonight, I’ll go to the cinema.' The next person in the circle must use the end of the previous sentence to begin their own sentence, for example 'If I go to the cinema, I’ll watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' The next person could say, 'If I watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I’ll eat lots of chocolate.' Then, 'If I eat lots of chocolate, I’ll put on weight.' etc.
Answer:The figurative language makes it much easier to focus on what is about to happen and the author doesn't use any connotations.The figurative language in this passage creates a scene where if you focus and read the passage very carefully and slow then you actually start to experience the feeling of it all coming to life.