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glstephens04
31.10.2019 • 
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Which statement best describes swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this excerpt?

swift uses a false premise when he says that people of the kingdom are in “want of venison.”

swift uses irony when he says “so great a number of both sexes” are in desperate need of “work and service.”

swift uses irony when he says the person with whom he discussed his plan is “very worthy” and “a true lover of this country.”

swift uses a false premise when he says the “gentlemen of the kingdom” have “destroyed their deer.”

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