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 utter absurdity of his plan.
- necessity for warm winter clothing.
- ways that people are cruel to children.
- various benefits of his plan.

- the utter absurdity of his plan.

Explanation:

In "A Modest Proposal," the author Jonathan Swift makes use of satire to address widespread poverty throughout Ireland. Thus, in the excerpt he also uses verbal irony to contradict what he says with what he really means. In that respect, he continues to talk about his ridiculous proposal of killing children in order to eat them, as well as to make use of their skin to produce gloves for ladies and boots for men. Of course, he intends to shame the greedy people who have contributed to Ireland's poverty.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)