Question
Use the passages "What, To a Slave, is the Fourth of July?" and "Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address" to answer the question.
Which statement best compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages?
(1 point)
Responses
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs juxtaposition and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses allusion.
Which statement best compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages?
(1 point)
Responses
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs juxtaposition and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses allusion.
Answers
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The best statement that compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages is:
**What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.**
Both texts use these devices effectively to convey their messages, with Frederick Douglass using antithesis to highlight the contrast between the ideals of freedom and the reality of slavery, while Lincoln uses juxtaposition to compare the North and South's positions during the Civil War.
**What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.**
Both texts use these devices effectively to convey their messages, with Frederick Douglass using antithesis to highlight the contrast between the ideals of freedom and the reality of slavery, while Lincoln uses juxtaposition to compare the North and South's positions during the Civil War.