Read the passage from A Room of one's own.
She had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of reading Horace and Virgil. She picked up a book now and then one of her brother's perhaps, and read a few
pages. But then her parents came in and told her to **mend the stockings or mind the stew and not moon about with books and papers.** They would have spoken sharply but kindly, for they were substantial people who knew the conditions of life for a woman and loved their daughter.

Which rhetorical devices are used in the underlined portion of this text? select two options.
allusion
alliteration
metaphor
understatement
parallel structure

answer:

The best option above would be an allusion

Explanation:

An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers.

An alliteration, is where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound. The words may be adjacent or separated by one or more words.

A metaphor is a figure of speech containing an implied comparison without using the words like or as.

An understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. For example, you win 10 million dollars in a lottery. When you tell a news reporter “I am delighted,” you are making an understatement.

A parallel structure is is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence.

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