What information would be necessary for a reader to understand that the
passage is meant as satire?
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A. The representative was only recently elected to Congress and
received a private-school education.
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B. The representative recently stated, "I don't see why we should fund
antipoverty programs. I can't even spell poverty, because I see so
little of it.
C. The representative recently embarrassed himself when he failed
to correctly spell a word in a classroom he was visiting,
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D. The representative's name is often misspelled as "Smith, which he
often has to correct.