... . Another rhetorical device that was present throughout Swift's essay was exaggeration. Exaggeration can be defined as the use of an overstatement, and an example of this is when Swift proposes recipes and ways to make the skin of the children into materials such as gloves and bags. This is a use of exaggeration because he is pointing out that since the people ... ...

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