Action from principle, the perception and the performance of right, changes things and relations. . it not only divides states and churches, it divides families; ay, it divides the individual, separating the diabolical in him from the divine. which of these rhetorical devices does thoreau most clearly use here? a. ethos b. rhetorical question c. metaphor d. parallelism

D. Parallelism

Parallelism refers to one or more sentences that have a similar grammatical structure. It also refers to the use of similar components in these sentences. The sentences that employ parallelism tend to resemble each other in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. This is a common literary device because it increases the persuasiveness of a text. It also adds balance and rhythm.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.

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