Question

What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence? With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God. A) mythical allusion B) appeal to religion C) rhetorical question D) historical reference

Answer 1

B) appeal to religion

Answer 2

Answer: B) appeal to religion.

Step-by-step explanation: A rhetorical device is a literary tool that an author uses to inform or to persuade an audience, in order to do that, the author uses words in a certain way and employs a particular type of sentence structure, sound, or pattern of meaning. In the given sentence we can see an example of the use of a rhetorical device, in this case, an appeal to religion, as we can clearly see in the expression "so help us God."