Question

Prompt: Write a paragraph that objectively summarizes Jonathan Swift’s "A Modest Proposal" and explains his purpose. Based on the prompt, what is your purpose for writing? to inform readers about eighteenth-century Ireland to describe the most important ideas in Swift’s essay and explain his reason for writing to make an argument about whether or not satire is effective

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

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

Explanation: