Question

I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? In this excerpt from his famous Virginia Convention speech, Patrick Henry employs which literary device? antithesis parallelism rhetorical question declarative statement

Answer 1

The answer should be C. Rhetorical question

Answer 2

Answer: C) rhetorical question.

Explanation: a rhetorical question is a literary device that consists in asking a question in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. In the given excerpt from Patrick Henry's famous Virginia Convention speech we can see a clear example or a rhetorical question, he uses a question to make the point that the purpose of the martial array is to force them to submission.