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"Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address"
by Abraham Lincoln

Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.



Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which rhetorical feature is used in this passage?

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Responses

anaphora
anaphora

antithesis
antithesis

rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions

hypophora

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
antithesis

Explanation: The sentence contrasts opposing ideas ("would make war... rather than let the nation survive" vs "would accept war... rather than let it perish"), which is antithesis.