Question

1. read the following text and answer the question that follows.

as much hath been said of the advantages of reconciliation, which, like an agreeable dream, hath passed away and left us as we were, it is but right that we should examine the contrary side of the argument, and enquire into some of the many material injuries which these colonies sustain, and always will sustain, by being connected with and dependent on great britain. to examine that connection and dependence, on the principles of nature and common sense, to see what we have to trust to, if separated, and what we are to expect, if dependent.
what rhetorical device does the author use in this text?
\ta simile
\talliteration
\ta metaphor
\tparallelism

Explanation:

A simile is a rhetorical device that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison. In the text, the phrase "like an agreeable dream" uses "like" to compare reconciliation to an agreeable dream, which fits the definition of a simile. Alliteration involves repeated initial consonant sounds, metaphor makes a direct comparison without "like" or "as", and parallelism involves similar grammatical structures. So the rhetorical device here is a simile.

Answer:

a. a simile