What are some rhetorical strategies used in A Modest Proposal?

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2026-07-08 06:15

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Paradox : The title imply modesty and simplicity while the actual subject matter is...well cannibalism

Juuxtoposition : Swift begins with reasonable statements that most readers would agree with "whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound, useful members of the commonwealth would deserve so well of the public as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation" and then juxtaposes his idea that the children should be used as food.

Sarcasm and Satire : he made this pamphlet which features ideas for solving the poverty issue that arent to be taken seriously, following previous pamphlets he'd written that were serious and hd real ideas for the issue that society never took seriously.

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