Question

Read this passage from the declaration of independence. he has plundered our seas, ravaged our coast, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people: what rhetorical device does thomas jefferson use in this passage? parallelism irony alliteration allusion'

Answer 1

Answer: A) Parallelism.

Explanation: parallelism is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of different words or phrases in a sentence or paragraph, in order to emphasize an idea or to create an impact in the audience. In the given passage from the Declaration of Independence, we can see an example of the use of parallelism, because all the elements of the list have the same structure (the use of a verb and the pronoun "our") and tense (plundered, ravaged, burned, and destroyed).