You and i, as individuals, can, by borrowing, live beyond our means, but for only a limited period of time. why, then, should we think that collectively, as a nation, we're not bound by that same limitation? we must act today in order to preserve tomorrow. and let there be no misunderstanding: we are going to begin to act, beginning today. ~ronald reagan identify the rhetorical device illustrated in the bold-faced sentence. asyndeton irony rhetorical question zeugma