"Knowledge always desires increase: it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwar

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"Knowledge always desires increase: it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwar

ds propagate itself." --Samuel Johnson
Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence?
A) Allusion
B) Analogy
C) Oxymoron
D) Parallelism

English

2 answers:

defon · Answer 1 · 2022-08-22T11:55:38+03:00

defon3 years ago

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I believe the answer is B, analogy

VashaNatasha [74] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-22T14:05:03+03:00

VashaNatasha [74]3 years ago

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The answer is:

B) Analogy

An anology is used when you compare ine thing to another, in this case the author relates Knowledge and fire, and he then explains why he thinks they´re alike.