How does the rhetorical technique used in the underlined text best develop the author’s ideas? The author’s use of overstatement exaggerates a well-known fact to emphasize men’s perceived superiority.
The author’s use of irony emphasizes that men’s desire to be superior is not an obscure or particularly interesting fact.
The author’s use of metaphor makes a creative and colorful comparison to emphasize the idea that men want to be superior.
The author’s use of allusion emphasizes that men’s desire to be superior is similar to women’s desire to be part of the women’s movement.

This excerpt is from “the poet” by alfred, lord tennyson. the poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? thus truth was multiplied on truth, [the world like one great garden show'd,] and thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd, rare sunrise flow'd. [and freedom rear'd in that august sunrise] her beautiful bold brow, when rites and forms before his burning eyes melted like snow. [there was no blood upon her maiden robes] sunn'd by those orient skies; but round about the circles of the globes of her keen eyes and in her raiment's hem was traced in flame wisdom, a name to shake [all evil dreams of power--a sacred name.] and when she spake, [her words did gather thunder as they ran,] and as the lightning to the thunder which follows it, riving the spirit of man, making earth wonder, so was their meaning to her words. no sword of wrath her right arm whirl'd, [ but one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' word] she shook the world.