Question

malcolm. aside to donalbain. why do we hold our tongues,that most may claim this argument for ours:donalbain. aside to malcolm. what should bespokenhere where our fate, hid in an auger-hole,may rush and seize us? lets away: our tearsare not yet brewd.-the tragedy of macbeth,william shakespeareread the passage. which rhetorical device doesmalcolm use when he says, \hold our tongues\?○ irony○ zeugma○ metonymy○ asyndeton

Explanation:

Metonymy is a rhetorical device where a related object or concept stands in for the actual thing meant. "Hold our tongues" uses the body part "tongues" to represent the action of speaking, which fits the definition of metonymy. Irony involves a contrast between expectation and reality, zeugma uses one word to modify two unrelated terms, and asyndeton omits conjunctions, none of which apply here.

Answer:

metonymy