Read the excerpt from President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the night before the 1980 presidential election. And many Americans today, just as they did 200 years ago, feel burdened, stifled and sometimes even oppressed by government that has grown too large, too bureaucratic, too wasteful, too unresponsive, too uncaring about people and their problems. Which statement best describes the rhetorical technique used in this excerpt? He appeals to logos by referring to two hundred years ago. He uses parallelism with the repetition of the word too. He appeals to ethos by showing he cares about Americans. He employs understatement by saying that “many” feel burdened.
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The statement which best describes the rhetorical technique used in the above excerpt is:
He uses parallelism with the repetition of the word too.
Parallelism is the use of same components, forms or ideas which are the same or are similar in a sentence. It adds rhythm to the sentences and helps in specifying the ideas more because it involves repetition of ideas or words. The repetition of the words in the lines or parallelism makes an idea or argument more specific and clear. In the President Ronald Reagan’s speech, he uses parallelism to mark the inefficiency of the last government which has lacked in fulfilling its promises.
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