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Fill in the blank with the term exemplified by each statement. "Today, our fellow citizens, . . . came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts." "These acts . . . cannot dent the steel of American resolve." "If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick." "There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger." "And I pray they will be comforted by a Power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23. . ."

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Alliteration:Today, our fellow citizens, came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts." "

Alliteration is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Analogy:These acts . . . cannot dent the steel of American resolve."

Analogy is the comparison of two things that are alike in some way

Understatement: If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick." \

Understatement is a statement used to intentionally make a situation seem less important than what it is.

Parallelism: There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger."

Parallelism is an expressing parts of a sentence using similar syntactical structures,balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equal

Allusion:And I pray they will be comforted by a Power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23. . ."

Allusion is an indirect or passing reference

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