Question

Neighbors peered at us as we walked by their eyes weighed us their eyes judged us and at the peered we straightened our backs and lifted our chins in contempt we didn’t care what they thought what rhetorical technique dose the passage best exemplify

Answer 1

Is this a multiple choice question? If so, what are the options.

If not, the rhetorical device used is an anaphora because in the verses "Their eyes weighed us, their eyes judged us." the phrase their eyes is repeated.

Answer 2

A. Understatement

B. Satire

C. Hyperbole

D. Parallelism