English, 29.05.2020 20:02, bae2080

Read this passage from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal":
The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their
own, which by law may be made liable to distress, and help
to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being
already seized, and money a thing unknown.
Which statement best explains Swift's use of rhetoric in this passage?
A. Swift uses irony to reveal his belief that valuable possessions
actually complicate the lives of poor tenants.
B. Swift uses satire to reveal his belief that the laws governing Irish
tenants are not strict enough.
C. Swift uses satire to reveal his belief that English landlords often
take advantage of their Irish tenants.
D. Swift uses understatement to reveal his belief that most tenants
don't care about paying their rent.

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Read this passage from Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal":
The poorer tenants will have some...