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Read the passage below and answer the question.

I ask, gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?


This quote is an example of Patrick Henry employing which device?


rhetorical question

declarative statement

parallelism

antithesis

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Answer:

Rhetorical question

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a question posed only for dramatic or persuasive effect. Doesn't require an answer

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