DIRECTIONS: Identify the rhetorical devices that are used in each paragraph. Some categories may not have an example.

1. Five years ago, this city was on the verge of bankruptcy. Five years ago, corruption
was rampant. We were a sinking ship. But we got past that. We survived. We
repaired our ship and made it seaworthy again, and now five years later I speak to
you as the mayor of a vibrant, prosperous city. This is your city and I am your
mayor.

A. charged language:

B. analogy:

C. parallelism:

D. repetition:

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

Why witchcraft often the explanation for illness

According to the study, what made jonathan swift distrust the assumption most english people of his era made about the superiority of their own race and culture?