Question

Which sentences in this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens reflect the author's satirical tone?

Answer 1

Answer: the second and third sentences

” The board, in imitation of so wise and salutary an example, took counsel together on the expediency of shipping off Oliver Twist, in some small trading vessel bound to a good unhealthy port.”

and

“the probability being, that the skipper would flog him to death, in a playful mood, some day after dinner, or would knock his brains out with an iron bar; both pastimes being, as is pretty generally known, very favourite and common recreations among gentleman of that class”

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Satirical tone talks about how the character deliver his line in a way using humor to show that someone or something is weak, bad or foolish.

"Are you aweer, Mrs. Mann, that you are, as I may say, a porochial delegate, and a stipendiary? "

"only think of that! That I should have forgotten that the gate was bolted on the inside, on account of them dear children!"

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