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What patterns did you see in “The Ballot or the Bullet” that might be helpful for you to use in writing your own story?

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Answer: Repetition is one of Malcolm X's favorite rhetorical devices. For example, the theme and title of the speech “the ballot or the bullet” (l. 8) is mentioned about 16 times by the speaker: “Let it be the ballot or the bullet. Let him know that it must be the ballot or the bullet.” (ll.

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