Question

excerpt of \song of myself\
by walt whitman

guess it is the handkerchief of the lord,
cented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,
aring the owners name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark,
say whose?

i guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.

i guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,
d it means, sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones,
owing among black folks as among white,
nuck, tuckahoe, congressman, cuff, i give them the same, i receive them the
me.

which syntactical device is being used in the highlighted selection in the passage?

rhetorical question - a question posed to the audience for dramatic effect

parallelism - the use of grammar and phrases to create mirroring structure

simile - a comparison between two things using \like\ or \as\

Explanation:

Analyze the highlighted text

Using the Syntactical Devices knowledge point, we examine the highlighted selection: "I give them the same, I receive them the same."

Identify the grammatical structure

The selection consists of two clauses with identical grammatical structures:

• Subject ("I") + Verb ("give" / "receive") + Direct Object ("them") + Adverbial Modifier ("the same").

This mirroring of grammatical structures across clauses is the definition of parallelism.

Evaluate the multiple-choice options

• rhetorical question: The highlighted text is a statement, not a question.
• parallelism: The text uses identical grammatical structures to create a mirroring effect.
• simile: The text does not use "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

Answer:

• rhetorical question - a question posed to the audience for dramatic effect
• parallelism - the use of grammar and phrases to create mirroring structure (Correct answer)
• simile - a comparison between two things using "like" or "as"