I dont understand the wording, is this a translation or is it straight from the test?
The rhetorical device being used in the
sentence above is parallelism.
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Parallelism uses words and phrases identical in
structure. As in the sentence, “<span>They have chained, bound, and gagged our freedom”,
uses the same form of the verb which is in past tense.</span></span>
Answer:
The phrase that described the relationship between Frederick Fleet and Thrid Officer Pittman, it was emotional and depressing.
Explanation:
The stories told by both men towards the sinking of the Titanic ship were not only dramatic to the fullest, it was emotional and depressing.
For both were men who realized that they might have done more than they did; that had they perhaps been more quicker, more clear headed, that terrible disaster would not have happened, or occurred, not have been so costly in human lives.