Satire in Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (Continued)

Question 2 • AZ-English Language Arts 12 A

Which sentence is written objectively?

Answer

I think it’s ridiculous for Swift to propose that people engage in cannibalism.

Swift’s irony should be really obvious to anyone who knows about satire.

Swift suggests that eating children could solve the problem of poverty, but he is being ironic.

“A Modest Proposal” is a brilliant and entertaining satire.

Explanation

An objective sentence states information without expressing a personal opinion or judgment. Choice C describes Swift’s suggestion and explains that it is ironic, without calling it ridiculous, obvious, brilliant, or entertaining. The other choices use subjective judgments such as “ridiculous” and “brilliant.”

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