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A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift. Genre: Satire and Social Commentary Widespread poverty and hunger in Ireland which was under English control Suffering caused by humans Neglected by absent English landlords Indifference from government officials Economic restrictions established in laws

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A Modest Proposal Jonathan Swift

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  1. A Modest ProposalJonathan Swift • Genre: Satire and Social Commentary • Widespread poverty and hunger in Ireland which was under English control • Suffering caused by humans • Neglected by absent English landlords • Indifference from government officials • Economic restrictions established in laws • Solution would shock people • Outlandish argument, aimed to disturb readers so that they would work to solve Ireland’s crisis in more realistic and humane ways

  2. Satire • A piece of writing, speaking, or art designed to criticize society or human frailties through wit, humor or derision (mockery) • making fun of some aspect of culture, society, human nature to hopefully improve, reform or correct it

  3. Satirical Techniques • Hyperbole: Wildly extravagant exaggeration • Sarcasm: Harsh, cutting remarks about someone • Parody: Mimicking another literary form in order to ridicule it • Verbal irony is saying one thing but meaning another. • Praising people for qualities they do not possess. • Presenting weaknesses as virtues. • Offering solutions that are worse than the problems they are intending to solve. • Situational irony is one in which something unexpected and seemingly contradictory occurs.

  4. Social Commentary • Writing or speech that offers insight into society. • Can be unconscious, as when a writer points to a problem caused by social customs without explicitly challenging those customs. • Can be conscious, as when a writer directly attributes a problem to social customs • Persuasive Techniques: • Appeals to logic based on sound reasoning or logos • Appeals to readers’ sense of morality or ethos • Appeals to emotion, addressing readers’ feelings or pathos

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