Multiple Choice
Which of the following stylistic devices is used in the following excerpt from the 1992 Democratic Convention Address by Former New York Governor, Mario Cuomo? “… the ship of state is headed for the rock. The crew knows it. The passengers know it. Only the captain of the ship, President Bush, appears not to know it.”
A) Alliteration
B) Simile
C) Metaphor
D) Antithesis
E) Personification
Correct Answer:
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Correct Answer:
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