Which statement best explains swift’s use of rhetorical devices in this passage?

swift uses verbal irony when he mentions objections to his plan in order to prove that no one could possibly object to the proposal.
swift uses verbal irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering upon cruelty” because his plan is not at all cruel.
swift uses understatement and irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering on cruelty” to highlight how cruel the plan really is.

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Swift uses understatement and irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering on cruelty” to highlight how cruel the plan really is.

C- Swift uses understatement and irony when he says his plan is “a little bordering on cruelty” to highlight how cruel the plan really is.

Explanation:

emerson essentially believes that traveling is overrated. he supports this perspective through an initial focus on "the idea" of places like italy, england, and egypt, and the fascination of "educated americans" with them. he argues that those places only took on the grand, majestic ideas that they represent because "they who made england, italy, or greece venerable in the imagination did so by sticking fast where they were, like an axis of the earth." yes, those places are grand, but only because they so clearly represent the places that they are. the art and culture of italy, england, and egypt is authentic, and therefore significant.

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both inform the reader that faryad and liaqat were not given the chance to tell their version of events at the police station.

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