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Read the following excerpt from a persuasive speech and then answer the question below.

As you can see, donating to this organization would have positive global effects. Bats provide services that are essential to our world: they eat insects, pollinate plants, and spread seeds. YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR HEART AND YOUR WALLET TO PROTECT BATS TODAY!

Which rhetorical device is used in the capital words in the text?

Antithesis
Chiasmus
Repetition
Zeugma

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Answer:

Zeugma

Step-by-step explanation:

The use of a word to modify or govern two or more words in such a way that it applies to each in a different sense or makes sense with only one

Basically, "He held their hand and his tongue"

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