What is the best definition of satire? writing that employs irony to amuse or entertain readers writing that uses ridicule to draw attention to an issue or make a point writing that says the opposite of what is meant in order to express anger or contempt writing that juxtaposes expectations with outcomes that surprise or disappoint

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Compose a one-paragraph persuasive message board post about grendel.

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .