Question

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Read this passage from Kennedy's Inaugural address. What rhetorical device is Kennedy using?
So let us begin anew-remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never
negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.
Antithesis
Appeal to authority
Parallelism
Appeal to emotion

Answer 1

Antithesis

Step-by-step explanation:

Antithesis, which literally means “opposite,” is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Antithesis emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted phrases or clauses.