Question

plato: and when they are housed, they will work, in summer, commonly, stripped and barefoot, but in winter substantially clothed and shod. they will feed on barley - meal and flour of wheat, baking and kneading them, making noble cakes and loaves; these they will serve up on a mat of reeds or on clean leaves, themselves reclining the while upon beds strewn with yew or myrtle. - the republic, plato more: which rhetorical device do both plato and more use in these excerpts? both authors use asyndeton, leaving out conjunctions to increase intensity and pacing. both authors use a rhetorical question, which they answer with details. both authors use metonymy, using related words to represent larger meanings. both authors use antithesis, focusing on the extremes of the societies.

Explanation:

Asyndeton is the omission of conjunctions between coordinate words, phrases, or clauses. In the given Plato excerpt, there are no obvious rhetorical questions, metonymy, or antithesis examples. The excerpt does not leave out conjunctions in a way that stands out as asyndeton either. However, based on the options provided and analysis of the excerpt's structure, we check for the presence of each rhetorical - device. Since there are no questions asked in the text (ruling out rhetorical questions), no substitution of related words (ruling out metonymy), and no strong contrasts (ruling out antithesis), the most likely answer from the given options is asyndeton by elimination.

Answer:

Both authors use asyndeton, leaving out conjunctions to increase intensity and pacing.