Read the excerpt from "a modest proposal."
the underlined portions of the excerpt are examples of
verbal irony because
a very worthy person, a true lover of his country, and
whose virtues i highly esteem, was lately in
discoursing on this matter, to offer a refinement upon my
scheme. he said that many gentlemen of this kingdom,
having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the
want of venison might be well supply'd by the bodies of
young lads and maidens.
this man truly is virtuous and patriotic, so swift is
surprised by the man's support of eating children to
solve the poverty issue,
anyone who is truly virtuous or patriotic would not
suggest using children for food, so swift means the
opposite of at he says.
this man is a close friend of swift's, so swift is just
expressing his personal thoughts and feelings about the
man's character
anyone who tries to better his country must be virtuous
and patriotic, so swift is simply explaining what is
already obvious to the reader.

The underlined portions of the excerpt are examples of  verbal irony because the narrator says one thing when he really means another.

Explanation:

Verbal irony is very similar to sarcasm. It is used to achieve a kind of perception in the reader. This means, the speaker says one thing but actually means another.

In the case of this excerpt, verbal irony is found when the speaker says "this man truly is virtuous and patriotic" and repeats it several times.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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