Question

Read the excerpt and answer the question.

To interrupt another, even in common Conversation, is reckon'd highly indecent. How different this is, from
the Conduct of a polite British House of Commons where scarce every person without some confusion,
that makes the Speaker hoarse in calling to Order and how different from the Mode of Conversation in
many polite Companies of Europe, where if you do not deliver your Sentence with great Rapidity, you are
cut off in the middle of it by the Impatient Loquacity of those you converse with, and never suffer'd to finish
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Which device(s) does Franklin use in this excerpt from Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America?Select all that apply.
Irony
understatement
satire
sarcasm

Answer 1

satire and sarcasm

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

satire

Irony

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the excerpt from Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America, the device(s) used by Franklin are satire and irony.

This is because, he talks about the irony of regarding interruption in conversation as highly indecent, but the British House of Commons is always rowdy and loud and the Speaker has to repeatedly call for order.

The author also uses satire to compare the illogical sense of propriety in conversation but how people are expected to speak rapidly to avoid being interrupted.