Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal."
Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flea the carcass; the skin of which, artificially dressed, will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.
The author is using satire in this excerpt to emphasize the
A. utter absurdity of his plan.
B. necessity for warm winter clothing.
C. ways that people are cruel to children.
D. various benefits of his plan.
Answer:
A. utter absurdity of his plan.
Explanation:
From the book"A Modest Proposal", the writer is using satire to show how utterly absurd the idea of selling of one's children to be eaten as a solution to the extreme hunger in Ireland.
The author uses satire to show how absurd it is to sell off one's children because of poverty.
D.The poor suffer the most in war.
The main theme from this excerpt is that the poor suffer the
most in war. This can be determined by
how within the excerpt it is mentioned that it is “the humble, those who pay
the most because they are poor” are “killed in masses” and are cannon fodder
because “they are so many.” It is further
stated that the poor are feeble and offer the least resistance in wars because
of an ignorance about the situation that led their respective nations to war.
It would be A, because Everybody's Welcome is a title, and it acts like a name so it needs capital letters.
It wouldn't be B, because hometown isn't a name but a object/subject.
C, for the same reason as A : Everybody's Welcome is more of a name.
Answer: C. ridiculous
Explanation:
This is the only word that contributes to how the writer is feeling by saying the event is 'ridiculous'
