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.
Answer:
The task of preserving the Union has not yet been accomplished.
Explanation:
Abraham Lincoln's famous "Gettysburg Address" is a speech given on the occasion of dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863. This speech is is also a dedication of this place to the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives for the safety of the nation.
The phrase "unfinished work" in the speech alludes to the unfinished work of preserving the unity of the Union, the safeguarding of it's people's rights. Lincoln included this words to implore to the people to keep on fighting for injustice and for upholding the unity of the nation. He is also indirectly asking the people to continue the work done by these brave lives lost, encouraging them at the same time.
Answer:
Spoof means humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect
Answer:
14) decided
15) planed
16) was getting
17) pulled
18) had not seen
19) felt
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it is a place where people who are accused of crime mostly corruption sit down with their lawyers and testify and give evidence
