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AMP II
Vocab I
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Satire
100
It will reduce the number of papists
What is the first major advantage of Swift's proposal?
100
An infants best weight for consumption
What is 28 pounds
100
Lack of something
What is a want
100
Swifts religious belief
What is protestant
100
A literacy term that ridicules its subject in order to make a comment about it
What is satire
200
This religious holiday coincides with a large increase in newborns
What is lent
200
Swift says the most plentiful month for babies
What is March
200
Food or nourishment
What is sustenance
200
the main type of irony Swift uses
What is verbal irony
200
To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.
What is exaggeration
300
The community/country will now have more money
What is the third reason
300
Swift calculates that this many children are available each year for consumption
What is 75,000
300
Worthless or useless
What is Idle
300
this is how much land Britain had over Ireland
What is 90%
300
To imitate the techniques and/or style or some person, place, or thing
What is parody
400
the 6th major advantage
What is increasing marriage
400
Swifts friend suggested this addition to the proposal
What is eating 12-14 year olds
400
To go against the wishes of
What is disoblige
400
A Modest Proposal was originally printed in this form
What is pamphlet form
400
To present the opposite of the normal order (the order of events, hierarchical order) + expectations
What is reversal
500
new menu items to restaurants
What is the 5th reason
500
Swifts friend suggested the addition for this reason
What is lack of deer
500
To reproduce
What is propagate
500
Is the amount of money parents got from selling their 1 year old
What is 8 shillings
500
To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings
What is ingruity
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