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Describe the speaker's real meaning when he asserts that England will not mind if Ireland kills and eats its babies. What element of satire is evident here? a) Irony b) Sarcasm c) Hyperbole d) Metaphor

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the correct answer is C. Hyperbole

Step-by-step explanation:

because the speaker exaggerates the idea of how insensitive England is by saying they would eat babies of the Irish and poor.

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