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Set 5: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 Satire is a genre that uses humor, irony, and exaggeration to criticize people's stupidity or vices. Its primary goal is social correction—shaming society into improvement. Text 2 Jonathan Swift's 'A Modest Proposal' suggests eating children to solve the Irish famine. The proposal is horrific, but the intent is not to advocate cannibalism, but to expose the heartless attitude of the British towards the Irish poor.

How does Swift's work in Text 2 exemplify the definition in Text 1?

A. It uses extreme exaggeration (cannibalism) to criticize a social vice (British heartlessness).✓ Correct
B. It advocates for eating children.
C. It is a serious proposal.
D. It fails to be funny.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Exaggeration -> Criticize vice. Text 2: Eat children (Exaggeration) -> Expose heartlessness (Vice). Exemplification.

Key Evidence:

• "uses ... exaggeration"

• "intent is ... to expose ... heartless attitude"

Why others are wrong: B (Text 2 says 'not to advocate'.), C (Satire.), D (Irrelevant.).

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