Answer:
The Wakatsuki's family fishing boat is going out to sea. All of a sudden, it turns around and comes back to the island. They hear that Pearl Harbor has been bombed. Papa decides to burn the Japanese flag and any papers that he has that connects him with Japan. He is then arrested for allegedly delivering oil to Japanese submarines. He is gone for a year.
Explanation:
This is about prewar American life and it foreshadows the suddenness of the attack on Pearl Harbor and how the US entered into WW2. The father is living a life like the "american dream". Something interesting that this story points out is how so many americans were not even familiar with Pearl Harbor before it was bombed. Papa is accused of spying and betrayal again his country.
The rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is shift.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Shift is one of the most commonly used rhetorical techniques. In this kind of rhetorical technique, the author of the passage changes the tone or the tone of the writing of the passage within a piece. This kind of rhetorical device is used when there has to be shift in the focus of the theme of the passage or there is change in the language according to the change in the scene.
In this passage also the author makes use of this rhetorical device while talking about the different scenes and events.
6 scholarly
7 colloquial
8 anaphora
9 informal
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