"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 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.

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 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 juxtaposition and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural uses allusion.

Answer 1

To analyze the rhetorical devices in the passages by Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, we notice the following:

• Frederick Douglass's "What, To a Slave, is the Fourth of July?": This speech prominently uses rhetorical questions to engage the audience and provoke thought about the hypocrisy of celebrating freedom while slavery exists. He asks questions that challenge the audience's understanding and feelings about slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln's "Second Inaugural Address": This address incorporates anaphora, which is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. In Lincoln's case, phrases such as "with malice toward none" and "with charity for all" illustrate this technique, emphasizing his call for healing and unity.

Considering these observations, the best comparison of 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.

This statement accurately reflects the rhetorical strategies each speaker uses in their respective works.