2 Points Read the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil
Government
The mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly
but as machines, with their bodies. Such command no
more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They
have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet
such as these even are commonly esteemed good
citizens
Which statement about Thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate?
O A. He uses metaphor to show how Americans should serve the
government
B. He uses metaphor to show how little the government values its
citizens
O C. He uses parallelism to compare people to animals and inanimate
objects
O D. He uses parallelism to argue that people should not be judged by
appearances