Vicious Vocabulary
Angry feelings that are directed toward others and that can result in fighting or war
•Animosities
Extreme overexaggeration
Hyperbole
This event leads to Gulliver landing in Lillyput
A shipwreck
What is the main disagreement between the People of Lilliput and the people of Blefescu?
How to crack an egg.
True or False:
Swift believed that political discourse could solve most issues
False
An official proclamation or command
Edict
Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
The people of Lillyput are unique because of this.
They are 6 inches tall.
How do the Slamecksons and the Tramecksons treat each other?
They will not interact with each other at all, not even to eat.
Swift was criticizing this movement with his novel.
The Enlightenment
To fire a weapon
Discharged
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
Anticlimax
After tying Gulliver down, the people of Lillyput take two contrasting approaches to Gulliver. List both approaches.
They attack him, then welcome him with speaches and food.
In Swift's satire, who do the Slamecksons and Tramecksons represent?
England's Political Parties (Whigs and Tories)
Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels in which century?
1700s (18th century)
Things that are used to tie up or bind
Ligatures
The use of words to express something other than, and especially the opposite of, the literal meaning
(Verbal) Irony
The size difference between Gulliver and the people of Lilliput is an example of this satirical technique.
Junxtaposition
In Swift's satire, who does Blefescu represent?
France
Daily Double:
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What was the main argument of Swift's short satirical piece "A Modest Proposal"?
Showing good judgment or common sense
Prudent
A comedic commentary about a work, that requires an imitation of the work
Parody/Spoofing
In Swift's satire, what do the people of Lillyput represent?
England
What commentary is Swift making through the disagreements between the Slamecksons and the Tramecksons, the Lilliputians and the Blefescuians?
The petty nature of political disagreements.
Define Satire
•Artistic form in which individual or human vices, abuses, or shortcomings are criticized using certain characteristics or methods