Question

PLEASE HELP NEED TO KNOW ASAP!!!Read the passage from a speech by President Barack Obama.

Mr. Secretary General; Your Excellencies, we are here because, right now, in crowded camps and cities around the world, there are families . . . who’ve endured years . . . as refugees, surviving on rations and aid, and who dream of someday, somehow, having a home of their own.

We’re here because, right now, there are young girls . . . who’ve suffered unspeakable abuse . . . who pray at night that someone might rescue them from their torment. . . .

We are here because, right now, there are mothers separated from their children—like the woman in a camp in Greece, who held on to her family photographs . . . and who said "my breath is my children . . . every day I am dying 10, 20, 30 times.”

Which rhetorical device does Obama use in this passage?

understatement
tricolon
anaphora
allusion

Answer 1

Anaphora

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Answer 2

The correct answer is definitely anaphora.

Indeed, anaphora is the repetition of a word or a set of words at the beginning of a paragraph that is repeated with each successive paragraph in order to emphasize important notions and to convey pathos. Obama is constantly reminding his audience the reason why they have come to such gathering and also using pathos to urge them into action in favor of refugees.