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Satire

What is its main purpose?. To get the readers’ attention To urge the reader to remedy the problem being addressed. Satire.

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Satire

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  1. What is its main purpose? • To get the readers’ attention • To urge the reader to remedy the problem being addressed Satire

  2. "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is an essay that uses satire to make its point. A satire is a literary work that attacks or pokes fun at vices, abuses, stupidity, and/or any other fault or imperfection.

  3. What is the essay format in “A Modest Proposal?” An opening that presents the topic and thesis (the "modest proposal"), a body that develops the thesis with details, and a conclusion. What is Swift’s thesis statement? “The Irish deserve better treatment from the English”

  4. Name some Possible Themes: Exploitation of the DowntroddenBeneath Swift’s audacious satire is a serious theme: that English overlords are shamelessly exploiting and oppressing the impoverished people of Ireland through unfair laws, high rents charged by absentee landlords, and other injustices.  Prejudice.......At the time of the publication of "A Modest Proposal," many British Protestants disdained Roman Catholics--especially Irish Catholics--and enacted laws limiting their ability to thrive and prosper.  Irish Inaction Swift's satirical language also chides the Irish themselves for not acting with firm resolve to improve their lot.

  5. Writing Circle… For the next 10 minutes, draft a “Modest Proposal” of your own addressing a current problem in your community… • For example: • Raising college tuition negatively impacts students. • We need more jobs for the common people and less laws that only help the wealthy.

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