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QuizMultiple Choice

Rhetorical Devices in a Political Speech

Question 9 • 2026-2027_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR

Read the last paragraph of "Among Free Men.""Among free men," said Abraham Lincoln, "there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those who take such appeal are sure to lose their cause and pay the costs."

Answer
A
alliteration, in the phrase "ballot to the bullet"
B
antithesis, in suggesting one could both "lose" and "pay"
C
metonymy, in the use of "ballot" to represent voting
D
allusion, in the reference to "free men"
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