Description
DIRECTIONS: You will read Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” and compose a 500-word text explaining the author’s message, and to what genre classification you believe the work belongs. You will be required to use MLA citations when quoting.
PROMPT: To what genre of writing does Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” belong? Please give examples to support your analysis.
RUBRIC:
Accuracy of analysis / discussion of genre – 50%
Style and mechanics – 25%
Examples / engagement with the text – 25%
A Modest Proposal link: