Question

plato more which rhetorical device do both plato and more use in these excerpts? 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 both authors use antithesis, focusing on the extremes of the societies both authors use asyndeton, leaving out conjunctions to increase intensity and pacing both authors use metonymy, using related words to represent larger meanings both authors use a rhetorical question, which they answer with details

Explanation:

Antithesis presents contrasting ideas. In the excerpt, summer - stripped and barefoot is contrasted with winter - substantially clothed and shod. There are no signs of asyndeton (lack of conjunctions), metonymy (using related words for larger meanings), or rhetorical questions.

Answer:

A. Both authors use antithesis, focusing on the extremes of the societies