Which of the following rhetorical devices does Obama use in the line, “We will not relent until the job is done”?

Rhetorical question

Parallelism

Repetition

1 answer

In the line, “We will not relent until the job is done,” Obama uses repetition. The phrase emphasizes determination and commitment, reinforcing the message he is conveying. While the structure of the sentence does exhibit a kind of parallelism in its flow, the key device at play here is repetition in the sense of emphasizing the commitment to finish the task at hand.