Radically exaggerates existing situations to show innate stupidity or weakness.

Indirectly draw attention to flawed situations.

...also indirectly represents current social issues. T

...criticizes society to stimulate thought and action

"A Modest Proposal" was published as a _______, a work that's just a few pages long. Rather than being bound with a hardcover like a book, a _____ is unbound or loosely bound. This form of publishing was very popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. People used them as part of religious and political debates. They were an inexpensive way to get a single piece of writing into circulation, and many writers wrote back and forth in a kind of war of ideas.

Many ____ farmers who had owned their own lands now had to work as tenants on farms owned by ____ landlords.

During this period many new restrictions were placed on ____ governing property ownership and limiting what they could do. These "Penal Laws" denied Irish _____ the right to vote, practice their religion, or buy land.

Swift, therefore, opposed ______ on both religious and political grounds. As the reasoning in "A Modest Proposal" demonstrates, Swift was also a rationalist, and so opposed any sort of religious fanaticism

So, while Swift never fully embraced some of the anti-Catholic sentiments of his age, he found Catholicism politically and religiously ______.

...occurs when a writer says the opposite of what is meant.

...occurs when a writer says less than is expected or appropriate.

...occurs when a writer exaggerates the truth for emphasis or humorous effect.

...occurs when a writer expresses two ideas that are in opposition to one another.

...is a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but actually reveals some element of truth.

Although some governing rulers are____

and decent, while others are less so.

Irony, overstatement, paradox, and other devices are the

____of satire.

During famine, having a large family would be a(n)_______.

The narrator of A Modest Proposal suggests that one-year-old children would provide the most satisfying ______

for those with enough money to afford the treat.

Although, at first, Swift felt exiled when he returned to Ireland to become dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, he soon regained his interest in politics and in _______writing.