Question

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. An amusing book might be made of it if some young student at Girton or Newnham would collect examples and deduce a theory,—but she would need thick gloves on her hands, and bars to protect her of solid gold.

Which rhetorical device is used in this text?

irony alliteration
alliteration
overstatement
understatement

Answer 1

Answer:

The rhetorical device which is used in the given excerpt is irony.

Explanation:

This is because the author has made use of the history of man and women conflict in terms of the emancipation and the opposition which is faced by both of them. The writer uses the irony that a book can be written on the topic of emancipation of the women and the role of men on the same.

Answer 2

Answer:

overstatement