"Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls"

Question

by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.

Declaration of Sentiments, signed at the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

Question
Use the sentence to answer the question.

Which rhetorical feature is present in the sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions

parallelism
parallelism

enumeration
enumeration

hyperbole
hyperbole

Answer 1

The rhetorical feature present in the sentence is parallelism. The sentence uses a repeating structure in the phrases "repeated injuries and usurpations" and "on the part of man toward woman," which creates a rhythm and emphasizes the point being made about the treatment of women by men throughout history.