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Say not that thousands are gone, turn out your tens of
thousands; throw not the burden of the day upon
Providence, but "show your faith by your good works, that
God may bless you.
Which rhetorical device does Paine use in this passage?
A. Diction
B. Parallelism
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C. Metonymy
D. Aphorism
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Answer 1

The rhetorical device that Paine used in this passage is: B. Parallelism.

Parallelism is the use of a group of words with the same grammatical form.

In the sentence above, we find the use of parallelism in the way the sentences were ordered.

"Say not" and "throw not," are examples of such use of parallelism.

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