Question

his majesty’s address on the occasion of taking the oath
presented by the constitution
by king kamehameha iv
king kamehameha iv was the fourth monarch to ascend to the
t throne of hawaii. this excerpt is from his address on the
occasion of taking the oath of office after the death of his
adoptive father, king kamehameha iii, in january 1855. the
address refers to three of kamehameha iv’s predecessors:
kamehameha i (the first king of the house of kamehameha,
kingdom of hawaii), and his two sons, who became kamehameha
ii and kamehameha iii. kamehameha iv was the grandson of
kamehameha i, and was adopted by his uncle and declared heir
to the throne after the death of his father.
(1) come near hawaii o keawe! maui o kama! oahu o kuihewa!
kauai o mano!
(2) in the presence of god, and by the will of his late majesty
kamehameha iii, this day read in your hearing, i have been
called to the high and responsible position of the chief ruler of
the nation. i am deeply sensible of the importance and
responsibility of the great trust committed to my hands, and in the
exercise of this trust, i shall abide by the constitution and laws
which i have just sworn to maintain and support. it is not my wish
to surrender. you on the present occasion with pleasant promises
for the future, but i trust that the close of my career will show that

select the correct answer.
what word reflects a type of rhetoric meant to compare two things to clarify an idea for the audience?
a. pathos
b. analogy
c. parallelism
d. ethos

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A (pathos) appeals to emotions, not comparison.
• Option B (analogy) is a rhetorical device that compares two things to clarify an idea, matching the question's description.
• Option C (parallelism) involves similar grammatical structures, not comparison.
• Option D (ethos) appeals to credibility/ethics, not comparison.

Answer:

B. analogy