Question

read the following excerpt from the president nixons second inaugural address, and identify the literary device present in it. unless we in america work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. unless we in america work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom. we shall respect our treaty commitments. we shall support vigorously the principle that no country has the right to impose its will or rule on another by force. we shall continue, in this era of negotiation, to work for the limitation of nuclear arms, and to reduce the danger of confrontation between the great powers. parallelism irony sarcasm epiphany

Explanation:

Parallelism is a literary device where similar grammatical structures are used. In the given text, "Unless we in America work to preserve the peace, there will be no peace. Unless we in America work to preserve freedom, there will be no freedom." shows the repetition of the "Unless...work to preserve...there will be no..." structure. Irony is when the opposite of what is expected occurs. Sarcasm is a harsh form of irony. Epiphany is a moment of sudden realization. None of these fit as well as parallelism.

Answer:

Parallelism