But with due deference to so excellent a friend, and so deserving a patriot, i cannot be altogether in his sentiments; for as to the males, my american acquaintance assured me from frequent experience, that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our school-boys, by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable, and to fatten them would not answer the charge. –“a modest proposal,” jonathan swift 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.

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

Explanation:

It's first important here to understand that this takes place in Ireland. His friend is an irish citizen. A patriot is a person who is loyal to his country and its people. However, in this excerpt the friend is not being a patriot because he is betraying the Irish people by eating its children.

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use of language is very important in order to write in a good way. each literary genre has its different exploitation of language and, therefore, many differences and similarities can emerge. shakespeare's work (romeo and juliet) is a sample of a drama. its language is full of dialogue to describe the beauty of first love in people; everything it's pink color. it briefly describes fictional scenes and situations. on the other hand, the calypso borealis, by john muirs, it's narrative essay: its language is full of descriptions to describe an experience, a real experience. hyperbole is not used as in drama genre. he falls in love with discovering a real place and his direct feelings.

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