Answers AZ-English Language Arts 12 ACentral Ideas in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Central Ideas in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Answers

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Which statement best describes Swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this passage?

Swift uses understatement when he says that Irish boys get “continual exercise”; the boys must endure hard labor on farms.

Swift uses understatement when he calls his friend “so deserving a patriot”; his friend is much more patriotic than Swift suggests.

Swift uses verbal irony when he calls his friend a “patriot”; a true patriot would not suggest using Ireland’s children for food.

Swift uses verbal irony when he says that Irish school boys get a lot of exercise; in reality, they do not get much exercise.

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Whom is Swift criticizing in this passage?

wealthy people who exploit the poor

farmers who foolishly breed animals for food

children who will not perform useful labor

readers who believe whatever Swift says

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