For which reason would writers most likely choose to write satire? a. they hope to present ideas in an obvious easy to understand manner. b. they want to criticize socially accepted values. c. they have a desire to anger their political enemies. d. they think their ideas are best left for social interpretation.

The answer is B: they want to criticize socially accepted values.

Satire is a form of literature that explodes irony and humor, amongst other rhetorical devices, in order to expose social injustices and flawed social and personal prejudices. This kind of literature is critical and incisive, but it is also constructive in as much as it usually lets the reader envision new forms of social developments that would alleviate suffering and pain.