In the passage, Ronald Reagan refers to "freedom" repeatedly to emphasize its importance and positive impact on prosperity and peace. This use of repetition highlights the central theme of his message.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
B. repetition
Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down
This Wall speech.
In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury
you." But in the West today, we see a free world that
has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being
unprecedented in all human history. In the Communist
world, we see failure, technological backwardness,
declining standards of health, even want of the most
basic kind too little food. Even today, the Soviet
Union still cannot feed itself. After these four decades,
then, there stands before the entire world one great
and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to
prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds
among the nations with comity and peace Freedom is
the victor.
And now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited
way, be coming to understand the importance of
freedom. We hear much from Moscow about a new
What type of rhetorical device does Reagan use when
referring to freedom in this passage?
A. exclusive language
B. repetition
C. emotional appeal
D. inclusive language
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