Gulliver's Travels, Part 2

The people on Brobdingnag were ______________ and Gulliver was ___________.

• Giants; tiny 
• tiny; a giant 

An obvious exaggeration

• hyperbole
• sarcasm
• understatement
• reversal

Satire is

• A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for an effect

• A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of specific techniques in order to criticize and inspire social change

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things

• A contrast or discrepancy between expectation and realit

Lessening the importance of an event or moment

• hyperbole
• incongruity
• understatement
• sarcasm

How does the royal family treat Gulliver?

• like something annoying

• like a pet

• like a circus performer

• like a prisoner

Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"

• John Milton

• John Bunyan

• Jonathan Swift

• John Kerry

The King calls Gulliver's people "odious little vermin." Why?

• He is disgusted by their ignorance, idleness, and vice.

• He is disgusted by how tiny and annoying they are.

• He is disgusted by how much Gulliver talks.

• He is disgusted by how much they attract flies

Incongruity is

• To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to the surroundings

• To enlarge or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous

• To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person in order to ridicule the original

• To present the opposite of the normal orde

What does Gulliver do upon first meeting both the Lilliputians and the Brobdingnags?

• He demonstrates a common dance of his native country

• He cries and begs for his freedom

• He shows signs of deference and respect

• He threatens them

The king of Brobdingnag thinks that political life in England is

• Admirable

• Polite

• Terrible

• Clever