Read the following passage from Senator Smith's "Declaration of Conscience":
I am not proud of the reckless abandon in which unproved
charges have been hurled from this side of the aisle. I am
not proud of the obviously staged, undignified
countercharges that have been attempted in retaliation
from the other side of the aisle.
What is the main rhetorical device Smith uses in this passage?
O A. Epistrophe
O B. Anaphora
O C. Understatement
O D. Simile

O B. Anaphora.

Explanation:

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or group of words from the start of a sentence in the next succeeding sentences. This means that the word(s) in a sentence is used again in repetition in the next sentence.

In the given speech from Senator Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience", she repeatedly used the line "I am not proud of the . . ." This repetition at the beginning of the lines of her speech is an example of anaphora.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.