Read the excerpt from "Keynote Address." Why, when our maturing society welcomes and appreciates art as never before, are poets and painters so preponderantly hostile? Which rhetorical device does Inouye use in this sentence?
Answer
A
metonymy, in using "art" to stand for all artists
B
synecdoche, because he uses "poets and painters" to stand for art in general
C
irony, because a "hostile" reaction to greater appreciation seems contradictory