Question

select all the correct answer.
what are two ways that the author uses rhetorical devices to advance her purpose?
□ she uses parallelism when she says, our books are a burden to us, our pictures have destroyed every restful wall space, our china is a care...
□ she uses an ethical appeal when she says, such things as we cannot give away, and have not the courage to destroy, we stack in the attic....
□ she uses an antithesis when she says, we do not possess them; they possess us.
□ she uses a logical appeal when she says, they lie huddled in dim and dusty heaps, removed from our sight, to be sure, yet still faintly importunate.
□ she uses figurative language when she says, but to some of us a day comes when we begin to grow weary of things.

Explanation:

1. For the first option: Parallelism involves repeating a grammatical structure. The phrase "our books... our pictures... our china..." repeats the "our [noun]" structure, so this is correct.
2. For the third option: Antithesis is a contrast. "we do not possess them; they possess us" contrasts "we possess" and "they possess us", so this is correct.

The second option is about ethical appeal (relating to ethics/morality), but the quote is about material possessions, not ethics. The fourth option is logical appeal (reasoning), but the quote is a contrast, not logic. The fifth option: Figurative language (like metaphors/similes) isn't used here; it's a contrast (antithesis) and parallelism.

Answer:

A. She uses parallelism when she says, "Our books are a burden to us, our pictures have destroyed every restful wall space, our china is a care…"
C. She uses antithesis when she says, "we do not possess them; they possess us."