Read the excerpt from "A Latina Judge’s Voice” by Sonia Sotomayor. In at least the last five years the majority of nominated jud
ges the Senate delayed more than one year before confirming or never confirming were women or minorities. I need not remind this audience that Judge Paez of your home Circuit, the Ninth Circuit, has had the dubious distinction of having had his confirmation delayed the longest in Senate history. Which rhetorical device does Sotomayor use to show that there is a need for more equality in the judicial system? antithesis irony metonymy zeugma
The rhetorical device used in the passage is zeugma. Therefore, the last option is correct.
<h3>What is the meaning of zeugma?</h3>
Zeugma is the practice of using one word to regulate or alter two or more other words, typically in a way that applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with just one.
According to the above passage, the rhetorical device is zeugma. Therefore, the last option is correct.
