But with due deference to so excellent a friend, and so deserving a patriot, i cannot be altogether in his sentiments; for as to the males, my american acquaintance assured me from frequent experience, that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our school-boys, by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable, and to fatten them would not answer the charge. –“a modest proposal,” jonathan swift which statement best describes swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this passage? swift uses understatement when he says that irish boys get “continual exercise”; the boys must endure hard labor on farms. swift uses understatement when he calls his friend “so deserving a patriot”; his friend is much more patriotic than swift suggests. swift uses verbal irony when he calls his friend a “patriot”; a true patriot would not suggest using ireland’s children for food. swift uses verbal irony when he says that irish school boys get a lot of exercise; in reality, they do not get much exercise.

Read the excerpt from act 3 of a doll’s house. mrs. linde: you seemed to me to imply that with me you might have been quite another man. krogstad: i am certain of it. mrs. linde: is it too late now? krogstad: christine, are you saying this deliberately? yes, i am sure you are. i see it in your face. have you really the courage, then—? mrs. linde: i want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. we two need each other. nils, i have faith in your real character—i can dare anything together with you. krogstad [grasps her hands]. , , christine! now i shall find a way to clear myself in the eyes of the world. ah, but i forgot— how does the conflict in this passage develop a theme? mrs. linde creates a conflict by promising something she cannot give to krogstad, which develops the theme that empty promises can destroy relationships. krogstad continues the conflict by choosing clearing his name over having a life with mrs. linde, which develops the theme that you must often choose yourself over others. krogstad creates a conflict by deceiving mrs. linde about his intentions, which develops the theme that, in love, actions speak louder than words. mrs. linde resolves the conflict by committing to a new life with krogstad, which develops the theme that new beginnings are always possible.