3. How does Paragraph 10 contribute to the development of ideas in the article? A. It helps bring attention to all the obstacles that Ellington faced in life.

B. It supports the idea that his parents were right to give him piano lessons.

C. It emphasizes the lasting impact that Ellington had on jazz music.

D. It demonstrates how record sales often increase after the songwriter has died.

It emphasizes the lasting impact that Ellington had on jazz music.

Explanation:

To describe the most important ideas in Swift’s essay and explain his reason for writing.

Explanation:

This is the statement that best describes Swift's purpose for writing the essay "A Modest Proposal." In this text, Swift uses satire to describe a revolutionary, but most likely un popular idea: the fact that rich English people should buy poor Irish children in order to eat them. Swift argues that this will reduce the problem of poverty in Ireland. However, the text is a satire intended to criticize the way in which Irish people were abused by the English government.