"A Modest Proposal"
Who wrote "A Modest Proposal?"
Jonathan Swift
The main goal of satire is to...
Change a behavior
The dates of the Restoration and the 18th century
1660-1798
Johnson worked with ____ other people to create the dictionary over the span of ____ years.
Six; 8-9
"A Modest Proposal" is which form of satire?
Juvenalian
Describes something as less than it is minimizing accomplishments or a situation.
Understatement
In 1660, ____ takes the throne and restores Monarchy.
Charles II
How many years passed since Johnson visited Chesterfield?
7
The author leverages this rhetorical appeal when he discusses his mathematical research.
Logos
A playful criticism of human behaviors.
In ____, this act established that only Protestants were allowed to take the English throne.
1701; Settlement Act
Samuel Johnson is a _______.
(Hint: Profession)
Lexicographer
Why does Swift say that he will not benefit personally from his proposal?
His children are all too old, and his wife is past child-bearing age.
To present things that are out of place or absurd in relation to their surroundings
Incongruity
Johnson contracted this illness at one.
Tuberculosis
Johnson alludes to this Roman poet.
Virgil
What secondary use do the children have?
There skin could be used as a leather.
An extremely exaggerated description of physical features or personality.
Caricature
Mary and William's reign is known as __________.
The Glorious Revolution
'Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre" translates to what?
The conqueror of the conqueror of the earth.