Writing "the new president, too, seizes the early occasion of the silliman letter to decision" is an example of what rhetorical device? illusion of a conspiracy eluding the facts of the law allusion to something with which the audience would have been familiar analogy of endorsements with letter writing

The correct answer is Allusion to something with which the audience would have been familiar

Explanation:

An allusion is a reference to something that is not mentioned but was mention in the past or known by the audience to which the speaker is talking, allusions can make reference to people, events, places, and others. In the case of "the new president, too, seizes the early occasion of the Silliman letter to endorse...that decision", the speaker seems to make to a previous president or similar person and compared it to the new president in relation to "seizing the early occasion of the Silliman letter" and later makes reference to a decision. Even, when we do not know to who is he comparing the new president, what is the Silliman letter about and what is the decision he refers to, we can assume the audience knows it and it is familiar with it as the speaker is not explaining, but just alluding to this information. Thus, this excerpt shows the speaker is using allusion to something the audience is familiar as a rhetorical device.