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In "A Modest Proposal," why does Swift intentionally use false premises as a basis for his arguments?


to signal that he is actually writing a satire


to suggest that his proposal is truly genuine


to lighten a serious topic with playful humor


to prove that he has made some valid points

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choice 1, to signal that he is actually writing a satire. "a modest proposal" is a satirical work that suggests something completely off the wall to help the economy in swift's country, just to make a point that everyone's misguided suggestions are getting them nowhere. giving false premises wouldn't increase the honesty of his proposal, so choice 2 is incorrect. if one wants to show their true belief in a proposal, they'd offer real evidence. choice 3 is incorrect as well. while satire sometimes does cause people to laugh, that isn't swift's purpose--he wants to drive people to think, and he wants to point out the obvious issues with the system they have currently. choice 4 is incorrect because his points are not valid. his "false premises" basically invalidate all of his points because he has no true basis for any of his arguments.

Swift used false premises as a basis for his arguments A. to signal that he is actually writing a satire.

A false premise simply means an incorrect proposition which forms the basis of syllogism or an argument. It occurs when there's a flaw in an argument.

It should be noted that in Modest Proposal, Swift intentionally use false premises as a basis for his arguments to signal that he is actually writing a satire.

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