Question

Syntactical Devices Symbolism - an element that represents a different idea or theme Parallelism - one or more sentences with similar clauses, phrases, or grammatical structure Anaphora - the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences Epistrophe - the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a series of sentences Chiasmus - the repetition of a phrase in inverted order Syntax - sentence structure, length, and arrangement Diction - word choice, vocabulary Rhetorical Question - a question asked for impact or effect in proving a point What rhetorical device is being used in the following passage from "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine? "It is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by them." diction parallelism rhetorical question

Answer 1

The rhetorical device being used in the passage "It is dealing brutally by us, and treacherously by them" is **parallelism**. This is because the structure of the phrases is similar, using the same format to emphasize the contrasting actions ("brutally by us" and "treacherously by them").