Question

rhetorical devices in margaret smiths \declaration of conscience\ speech alliteration - the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words example: i talked on the turquoise telephone. anaphora - the repetition of phrases at the beginning of sentences example: i will not allow this. i will not listen to madness. i will not change my mind. simile - a comparison of unlike things using \like\ or \as\ example: the cloud was like cotton candy. which rhetorical device is used in the passage from senator margaret smiths \declarations of conscience\ speech? \today our country is being psychologically divided by the confusion and the suspicions that are bred in the united states senate to spread like cancerous tentacles of know nothing, suspect everything attitudes.\ alliteration simile anaphora

Explanation:

The passage uses the word "like" to compare the spread of harmful attitudes to cancerous tentacles, which matches the definition of a simile provided.

Answer:

simile