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read this excerpt from henry david thoreau's "resistance to civil government":

how can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it? is there any enjoyment in it, if his opinion is that he is aggrieved? if you are cheated out of a single dollar by your neighbor, you do not rest satisfied with knowing that you are cheated, or with saying that you are cheated, or even with petitioning him to pay you your due.

which statement best describes thoreau's rhetorical style?

a. thoreau uses rhetorical questions to anticipate readers' own questions about government.

b. thoreau uses parallelism to reiterate his beliefs about governmental problems.

c. thoreau uses rhetorical questions to force readers to question their beliefs about government.

d. thoreau uses parallelism to give an extended, illustrative example about abuses of power.

C) Thoreau uses rhetorical questions to force readers to question their beliefs about government.

Explanation: When writing, an author can use several rhetorical devices in order to persuade, inform or impact the audience in the desired way. A rhetorical question is a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. In the given excerpt we can see that Thoreau uses rhetorical questions ("How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it?" and "Is there any enjoyment in it, if his opinion is that he is aggrieved?") this questions are intended to force readers to question their beliefs about government.

answer is c. Thoreau uses rhetorical questions to force readers to question their beliefs about government.

Explanation:

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

the part where he says my friends