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.

the statement that best explains why the tenth amendment reserves some rights and powers to states is that the framers believed in the principle of federalism. this principle says that some powers are in the hands of a centralized national government, while others are reserved for the governments of several states.

most likely the answer would be a.) cupidity

definitions:

cupidity - greed for money or possessions

hydrophobia - extreme or irrational fear of water, especially as a symptom of rabies in humans

pathology - the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic

patho -   relating to disease