The rhetorical device that <span>is used in this excerpt from Mark Twain's "The Danger of Lying in Bed" is anecdote (assuming that your options are allusion, rhetorical question, anecdote, and logic).
There is no allusion to any other text here, so that is not the correct answer. There are also no rhetorical questions - questions that don't need an answer because it is implied. I guess there is logic, but it is not a rhetorical device really. So, I'd choose anecdote, because an anecdote is a short, interesting story from someone's life, as is the case here.</span>
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The overriding theme of "The Pedestrian" is the danger of technological domination. The society depicted in the story may be technologically advanced, but it is also soulless, with people spending their evenings zoned out in front of mindless TV shows
Explanation:
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They symbolize hope within the novel. When Tom Robinson is on trial and is eventually killed, the children experience a loss of innocence which is later followed by a period of recovery, similar to that of the camellias. At first, Jem is extremely distraught by Robinson's death, thinking that the court would treat all men equal, but the children do not let that event make them think all of the world is evil and prejudiced and eventually heal, knowing that there will be evil in the world yet they can be the good in it. Jem, who is older than Scout, experiences a regrowing after Robinson's death which is juxtaposed against the camellias he destroyed earlier in the book. I hope my explanation helps! ^u^
