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Question at position 17 Match the following quotes from Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention" with the diction or syntax being used. Some choices may be used more than once. Some choices may not be used at all.Prompt 1Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.Answer for prompt 1 Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.[input]Prompt 2We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.Answer for prompt 2 We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.[input]Prompt 3I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.Answer for prompt 3 I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.[input]Prompt 4We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne.Answer for prompt 4 We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne.[input]Possible answersallusionantithesismetaphorsimileparallel structure

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A.allusion

B.antithesis

C.metaphor

D.simile

E.parallel structure

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Question at position 17 matches the diction or syntax used in Patrick Henry's Speech to the Second Virginia Convention. The prompt presents four quotes and asks to identify the figure of speech or diction type for each. Prompt 1: 'Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.' Options include allusion, antithesis, metaphor, simile, parallel structure. This line clearly alludes to the biblical betrayal by a kiss (Judas), invoking a well-known external reference rather than presenting the idea in a novel image or in direct contrast. Therefore, the label that fits this reference is allusion. Prompt 2: 'We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.' The phrase 'the song of that siren' clearly evokes the mythical Sirens whose songs lure sailors to ruin, which is a reference to a larger mythic story rather than a simple comparison or imagery within the text. While one could discuss the vivid imagery of the siren transforming us, the core device is the reference to a myth, i.e., an a......Login to view full explanation

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