<span>The figurative device that Swift use in his essay was </span><span>hyperbole. He used hyperbole because of the expression that is just exaggerated. The meaning of hyperbole is that it is used in the sentence to emphasize or exaggerate the thought of the sentence.</span>
<span>A. An explanation of the relationships among particular phenomena.</span>
B or D???
I’m not quite sure I can only answer it fully if I have more context about what’s going on in the story. Sorry:(
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