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Read this passage from jonathan swift's "a modest proposal":
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.
which statement best explains swift's use of rhetoric in this passage?
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a. swift uses satire to show that he doesn't believe that statues are
good way to honor people.
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b. swift uses satire to show that he doesn't always agree with the
public's choice in whom to honor.
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c. swift uses irony to show that those whom the public honors are
often the best kinds of people.
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d. swift uses understatement to show that he believes society is
honoring the correct people.

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