Question

read the excerpt from the republic by plato. and what shall be their education? can we find a better than the traditional sort?—and this has two divisions, gymnastic for the body, and music for the soul. true. shall we begin education with music, and go on to gymnastic afterwards? by all means. and when you speak of music, do you include literature or not? i do. read the excerpt from utopia by sir thomas more. it is ordinary to have public lectures every morning which rhetorical device do both plato and more use in these excerpts? ○ asyndeton, removing conjunctions to provide their thoughts ○ rhetorical question, asking what defines literature and music ○ antithesis, differentiating between the demands of work and pleasure ○ metonymy, using literature to represent academics at large

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option:

• Asyndeton: The excerpts don't remove conjunctions to structure thoughts. So this is incorrect.
• Rhetorical question: Plato uses questions like "And what shall be their education? Can we find a better than the traditional sort?" and "Shall we begin education with music, and go on to gymnastic afterwards?" and "And when you speak of music, do you include literature or not?". More (from the context of rhetorical devices in philosophical/literary excerpts) likely uses rhetorical questions too. The option's description about "what defines literature and music" is a bit off but the core device of rhetorical question (asking questions not for answer but effect) matches Plato's usage here.
• Antithesis: The excerpts don't focus on differentiating work and pleasure demands. Incorrect.
• Metonymy: There's no use of literature to represent academics at large. Incorrect.

Answer:

The correct option is the one with "rhetorical question, asking what defines literature and music" (note: the description's content about "what defines literature and music" might be a bit misphrased but the rhetorical question device is the key match here among the options). So the answer is the option: rhetorical question, asking what defines literature and music.