Why was satire popular among 18th-century english writers? a. writers hoped readers would find enlightenment and religion. b. writers wanted to criticize the customs and practices of the upper classes. c. writers wanted to honor the monarchy in a new way. d. writers hoped to become a part of england's beloved canon of authors?

The correct answer is B. Writers wanted to criticize the customs and practices of the upper classes.

Explanation:

Satire is a literary device that consists of ridiculizing negative aspects of people in order to create a critic about society, because of this satire exaggerates negative aspects to point out how negative these aspects are. Additionally, during the 18th century most European countries, especially England were in the process of industrialization which leads to massive manufacturing through machines and new technology and important social changes. One of the most important changes in this century was related to social classes as the possibility of owning factories reinforced the upper classes giving them more wealthy and making poor people even poorer, which was mainly negative. Because of this, during this century writers used satire widely to criticize the lifestyle, customs and practices of the upper classes as due to the industrialization this class lifestyle was reinforced and affected negatively people from lower classes.