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:

Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.

Jonathan Swift uses satire in his book A Modest Proposal to ridicule and mock the \British elites for their treatment of the Irish people by suggesting that selling off children would ease their economic troubles.

He uses satire throughout the essay to show the impracticability of the British policy that is supposed to remedy the sufferings of the Irish.

From the excerpt, Swift is showing the utter absurdity of the plan of using carcass to make dresses, gloves and boots.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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i think it is c. good luck!