Question 14 of 20 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 little the government values its
citizens.
He uses parallelism to argue that people should not be judged by
appearances
O He uses parallelism to compare people to animals and inanimate
objects
O R He uses metaphor to show how Americans should serve the
government
SUBMIT

Identify the type of narration used in the excerpt. which words in the excerpt indicate the type of narration?

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Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.