Question
​Which rhetorical device is used in the following statement from President Bush's 9/11 Address?
"Today, our fellow citizens,. . . came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts."
alliteration
anecdote
analogy
repetition
"Today, our fellow citizens,. . . came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts."
alliteration
anecdote
analogy
repetition
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The rhetorical device used in President Bush's statement "Today, our fellow citizens... came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts" is **alliteration**. This is evident in the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in "deliberate" and "deadly."