"What, To a Slave, is the Fourth of July?"

Question

by Frederick Douglass

But, I submit, where all is plain there is nothing to be argued. What point in the anti-slavery creed would you have me argue? On what branch of the subject do the people of this country need light? Must I undertake to prove that the slave is a man? That point is conceded already. Nobody doubts it.

What, to a Slave, is the Fourth of July?

"Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address"
by Abraham Lincoln

"With malice toward none with charity for all with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right let us strive on to finish the work we are in to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan ~ to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

Question
Use the passages to answer the question.

Which statement best compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages?

(1 point)
Responses

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs juxtaposition and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses allusion.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs juxtaposition and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses allusion.

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July employs antithesis and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses juxtaposition.

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs parallelism and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses hypophora.

Answer 1

To compare the rhetorical devices used in the passages from Frederick Douglass's "What, To a Slave, is the Fourth of July?" and Abraham Lincoln's "Second Inaugural Address," we can analyze their styles.

1. Frederick Douglass utilizes rhetorical questions effectively to provoke thought and illustrate the contradictions between the ideals of freedom celebrated on the Fourth of July and the reality of slavery. He questions the value of freedom for those who are not free themselves.

2. Abraham Lincoln, on the other hand, employs anaphora, a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of a phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Phrases like "with malice toward none" and "with charity for all" emphasize his calls for unity and healing after the Civil War.

Considering these analyses, the best statement that compares the rhetorical devices used in the passages is:

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July employs rhetorical questions and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses anaphora.