Question

1.1.8 quiz analyze the grapes of wrath
the driver sat in his iron seat and he was proud of the
straight lines he did not will, proud of the tractor he did not
own or love, proud of the power he could not control.
which literary device does this passage most clearly show?
a. intercalary
b. rhetoric
c. parallelism
d. synecdoche

Explanation:

To determine the literary device, analyze each option:

• Option A: Intercalary chapters are a structural element (not a device in a passage), so A is incorrect.
• Option B: Rhetoric is the art of persuasion (broad, not a specific device here), so B is incorrect.
• Option C: Parallelism uses repeated grammatical structures. The passage has "proud of the... he did not/would not/could not" repeated, matching parallelism.
• Option D: Synecdoche is a part - whole relationship (not present here), so D is incorrect.

Answer:

C. Parallelism