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Read the excerpt from "1859 Autobiographical Statement for Chester County Times".

We reached our new home about the time the State came into the Union. It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so-called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher, beyond "reading, writing, and ciphering."

Which type of humor does Lincoln use in this excerpt?

Lincoln sarcastically calls his former classmates wild animals.
Lincoln downplays his intelligence to illustrate the quality of his education.
Lincoln uses sarcasm to describe the quality of the schools where he grew up.
Lincoln uses hyperbole to exaggerate the challenges of his education.

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The type of humor that Lincoln uses in this excerpt is C. Lincoln uses sarcasm to describe the quality of the schools where he grew up.

What is Sarcasm?

This refers to the intentional use of words to show the opposite meaning of what a speaker means to make jest of a person or situation.

Hence, we can see that from the given text, we can see that there is the criticism by Lincoln of the schools and he uses sarcasm to do this by mocking the quality of the schools.

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