In the following statement from “A Modest Proposal,” Swift responds to the suggestion that children between 12 and 14 should also be used as food. Which term best describes the statement?

". . . some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice, (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty . . ."
(1 point)
hyperbole
metaphysical conceit
verbal irony
situational irony

Question

In the following statement from “A Modest Proposal,” Swift responds to the suggestion that children between 12 and 14 should also be used as food. Which term best describes the statement?

". . . some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice, (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty . . ."
 (1 point)
hyperbole
metaphysical conceit
verbal irony
situational irony

anonymous · Answer

Haaa. Have fun with that test... It was hell