Question

question 18 of 21
read the following passage:

stephen criticized the way the tables were crowded
together. criticized the long wait and the cold food.
criticized the band that was playing and the poor
acoustics. the evening couldnt end soon enough, in my
opinion.

which rhetorical technique does the passage best exemplify?

a. satire

b. parallelism

c. sarcasm

d. irony

Explanation:

Parallelism is a rhetorical technique that uses repeated grammatical structures to emphasize points. The passage uses the repeated structure "Criticized the..." to list multiple complaints, which matches this technique. Satire uses humor to critique, sarcasm is mocking irony, and irony is a contrast between expectation and reality—none of these fit the passage's repeated structure.

Answer:

B. Parallelism