Read these sentences from the excerpt: I would sometimes say to them, I wished I could be as free as
they would be when they got to be men. "You will be free as
soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not
as good a right to be free as you have?"
How does Douglass best use rhetoric to advance his purpose in
this excerpt?
A). He repeats the word free
to show the reader his
point
B). He uses a rhetorical question because he is unsure
of his beliefs.
C). He repeats words in order to share his beliefs with
the readers.
D). He uses a rhetorical question to heavily emphasize
the fact that he deserves freedom

the rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is parallelism. parallelism is a technique which author used in sentence as substitute of repeated synthetical similarities. it is the effect of rhetorical technique.

explanation:

answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.

i would say the correct answer is not concrete.