Question

Reread this example of rhetoric from the passage. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade,… Which statement best describes how this use of rhetoric affects the speech?
Using phrases related to the same subject refocuses interest on the original topic.

Referring to similar topics in each phrase highlights the most important point of the speech.

By repeating words, the speaker creates a dramatic delivery to emphasize an important point.

By using similar phrasing, the speaker links one part of the speech to another.

Answer 1

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This author is using not just the repetition of words, but also the repetition of ideas in order to dramatize his point. He is pointing out all of the things that are seriously wrong with what his audience is doing and over and over repeating that those actions hold no real meaning, no sincerity, no weight.