Question

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

Answer 1

The answer is: rhetorical question.

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.