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Which statement best describes Swift's use of thetorical devices in this excerpt? Swift uses a false premise when he says that people of the kingdom are in "want of venison." Swift uses irony when he says "so great a number of both sexes" are in desperate need of work and service O Swift uses irony when he says the person with whom he discussed his plan is 'very worthy' and 'a true lover of this country Swift uses a false premise when he says the "gentlemen of the kingdom have "destroyed their deer"

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Swift uses irony when he says the person with who he discussed his plan is "very worthy" and " a true lover of this country."

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