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Satires for Eng IV
Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conjecture | guess |
| Schism | division of a group into factions |
| Expedient | device used in an emergency |
| Sustenance | food or money to support life |
| Commodity | product that is bought or sold |
| Censure | strongly disapprove; condemn |
| Irony | a surprising contradiction between the actual and intended meaning of words |
| Satire | writing that uses humor to expose and ridicule vice and folly |
| Understatement | the literal meaning falls short of the topic |
| Overstatement | exaggeration rarely meant to be taken literally |
| Sarcasm | a bitter way of saying the opposite of what you mean |