Question

Which inference best explains why a satirical author would want to flatter the reader’s wit and intelligence?

A. This could prompt the reader to think more highly of the author.
B. This might persuade the reader to sympathize with the target of the author’s satire.
C. This could lead the reader to accept the author’s views more easily.
D. This might distract the reader from the seriousness of the author’s concerns.

Answer 1

C. It could lead the reader to accept the author's views more easily.

Answer 2

The answer is: C. This could lead the reader to accept the author’s views more easily.

In Satire, the use of humor, irony or exaggeration to coitize the stupidity or vices of the people, this devices applies the flatter to the reader’s wit and intelligence this way the reader can be lead accept the author’s views more easily based on his, previously swollen intelligence