Question
Read the following excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government."
When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money? It may be in a great strait, and not know what to do: I cannot help that. It must help itself; do as I do. It is not worth the while to snivel about it. I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
Which of these rhetorical devices does Thoreau most clearly use here?
A.
Parallelism
B.
Logos
C.
Rhyme
D.
Ethos
When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money? It may be in a great strait, and not know what to do: I cannot help that. It must help itself; do as I do. It is not worth the while to snivel about it. I am not responsible for the successful working of the machinery of society.
Which of these rhetorical devices does Thoreau most clearly use here?
A.
Parallelism
B.
Logos
C.
Rhyme
D.
Ethos
Answers
GPT 3.5
A. Parallelism