Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls" by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question

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

enumeration
enumeration

rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions

hyperbole
hyperbole

parallelism

Answer 1

The rhetorical feature present in the sentence is parallelism. The structure of "the history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman" uses parallel grammatical constructions to emphasize the ongoing nature of the injustices faced by women.