The rhetorical feature present in the sentence is parallelism. The phrase “repeated injuries and usurpations” shows a balanced structure, emphasizing the actions taken against women and contributing to the overall argument about the oppression of women by men.
"Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls" 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?
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Responses
enumeration
enumeration
rhetorical questions
rhetorical questions
hyperbole
hyperbole
parallelism
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