Answer:
d. He states that sending children to the butcher would be as simple as "roasting pigs."
Explanation:
Jonathan Swift was an English writer, critic and poet who had also greatly written about the political issues of his society and time. The essay "A Modest Proposal" was anonymously published by him as a form of critiquing the impoverished nature of the Irish people and their economic troubles.
The excerpt from the essay shows Swift suggesting sarcastically that poor families should produce children and then sell them as meat for the rich. He implies that this will not only give an endless supply of food (meat) for the rich to entertain their guests but also provide a steady source of income for the poor people too. This will enable the balance in the economic situation of the Irish people.
An understatement is the presentation of something that is serious in a far less serious manner. This makes the issue seem less serious or less important. Swift uses an understatement when he stated that sending children to the butcher would be as simple as "roasting pigs". Sending children to be killed and eaten as meat is a serious and horrifying thing to do, but he compares it to a simple act of "roasting pigs", thus making it an understatement.
Answer: B) Brutus will take his own life.
Explanation: In the given excerpt from act 5, scene 5 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, we can see a conversation between Brutus and Volumnius, where Brutus is concerned about getting hunted and killed (because he is one of the responsibles for the murder of Caesar). This passage support the prediction of Brutus taking his life, because he knows that eventually he will be captured and executed ("I know my hour is come").
B.
In this passage, Thomas Jefferson discusses the efforts made by the American cause, while the British did not respond.
In the second sentence, the adjective is delighted. In the third sentence, the adjective is large. The first sentence doesn't contain an adjective.
