Question

Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate.
Which one of these rhetorical devices is used here?

A. Rhetorical question
B. Parallelism
C. Metaphor
D. Logos

Answer 1

I think the answer might be B, partly because of the repetition of the phrase "It does not ..."

Answer 2

Answer: B. Parallelism.

Explanation: A rhetorical device is a tool that an author uses in order to inform or persuade the audience in an effective way. Parallelism is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of a word or a phrase, in order to create an impact in the audience. In the given excerpt we can see an example of the use of parallelism in the repetition of the phrase "It does not."