Question

It is remarkable that there is little or nothing to be remembered written on the subject of getting a living; how to

make getting a living not merely honest and honorable, but altogether inviting and glorious; for if getting a living
is not so, then living is not. One would think, from looking at literature, that this question had never disturbed a
solitary individual's musings. Is it that men are too much disgusted with their experience to speak of it? The
lesson of value which money teaches, which the Author of the Universe has taken so much pains to teach us,
we are inclined to skip altogether. As for the means of living, it is wonderful how indifferent men of all classes
are about it, even reformers, so called—whether they inherit, or earn, or steal it. I think that Society has done
nothing for us in this respect, or at least has undone what she has done. Cold and hunger seem more friendly
to my nature than those methods which men have adopted and advise to ward them off. (13)
All of the following appear in paragraph 13 EXCEPT
A. personification
B. rhetorical question
C. syllogism
D. allusion
E. parallelism

Answer 1

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhetorical device which is not used in the given paragraph is syllogism. Syllogism can be defined as a logical reasoning using deductive reasoining to reach a conclusion. But Henry David Thoreau has not used this device in the given excerpt, taken from 'Life Without Principle.'

We can see the use of personification in 'Cold and hunger seem more friendly...' Rhetorical question can be seen when he asks 'Is it that men are too much disgusted with their experience to speak of it?' And, allusion is seen when Henry refers to 'the Author of the Universe.' And, parallelism is used in '—whether they inherit, or earn, or steal it.'

Therefore, option C is correct.