Question

what is the rhetorical device ? a repetition b satire For who is there so cold that a nation’s sympathy would not warm him? Who so obdurate and dead to the claims of gratitude, that would not thankfully acknowledge such priceless benefits? Who so stolid and selfish that would not give his voice to swell the hallelujahs of a nation’s jubilee, when the chains of servitude had been torn from his limbs? (Frederick Douglass, “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery”)

Answer 1

Answer:

Your answer would be B.

Explanation:

The rhetorical device used in the passage above is the satire. Satire is a technique used to expose and criticize the corruption of an individual or a society by means of humor, irony, and exaggeration. Satire intends to warn the public and to change people's opinions about a given subject. In this case, the satire exposes this man's coldness ("For who is there so cold that a nation's sympathy would no warm him?"/ Who so stolid and selfish that would not give his voice to swell...")