Read the excerpt below and answer the question. But which restriction is harmful to enlightenment? Which restriction is innocent
, and which advances enlightenment? ("What is Enlightenment?") The rhetorical device best represented by the excerpt is _____. alliteration understatement rhetorical question personification
Rhetorical questions are questions which do not expect an answer. They may not have an answer or it might be too apparent. As a consequence, the speaker intends to make a point and make the audience reflect on something. In the excerpt, the author is determined to cause readers to contemplate on the limitations and the meaning of enlightenment.
