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Question 8 of 22

Read the excerpt from "John F. Kennedy's address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort."

"We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a state noted for strength, and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance."

What type of rhetorical device does Kennedy use in this sentence?

A. Evidence
B. Assonance
C. Repetition
D. Humor

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Final answer:

Kennedy uses parallelism in the excerpt to emphasize his message.


Explanation:

Parallelism is the rhetorical device utilized by Kennedy in the given excerpt. It involves using similar grammatical structures or patterns to emphasize ideas, as seen in the repetition of phrases like 'noted for' and 'in an hour of change and challenge' in the passage.


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