Teachers, save “A Modest Proposal by Dr. Jonathan Swift” to assign it to your class.

Read essay and write a short reflection based on the Dialectical Journal or these questions: 1. What is the writer’s purpose? What need or occasion is causing him/her to write? 2. What is the writer’s argument? What is he/she claiming? 3. What audience does the writer envision? What assumptions does he/she make about that audience? 4. What persona is the writer assuming? Does he/she project an authentic voice? www.readwriteandthink.org