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What stylistic device does Reverend Jesse Jackson use in the following statement: "We must relate instead of debate; we must inspire instead of retire; and we must repair instead of despair.”

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Parallelism

Step-by-step explanation:

Parallelism:- It is a linguistic device.It is basically the use of components that are similar in their meaning ,sound or construction.So in the statement by Reverend Jesse Jackson .The statement uses words that sound similar and the statements have similar construction.

So we conclude that the answer is parallelism.

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