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 parallelism to give an extended, illustrative example about abuses of power.
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 rhetorical questions to anticipate readers' own questions about government

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

Explanation:

Henry David Thoreau is known for his strong ideals against the slavery and Mexican-American War which he presented in his 1849 essay 'Resistance to Civil Government'. He argues against the individual allowing the government to repeal their morals and consciences. He suggests that the government should not be allowed to shrivel their(individuals) consciences or do injustice to them.

In this excerpt, he employs rhetorical questions like ('How can a man be satisfied to entertain an opinion merely, and enjoy it?', 'if his opinion is that he is aggrieved?') to emphasize his point and force the readers to questions their established beliefs about the government and reconsider them. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

the bazaar because it represents the inaccessible land of freedom to the narrator. mangan’s sister because she represents domesticity and routine to the narrator. the marketplace because it represents the suburban lifestyle to the narrator. the church because it represents spiritual healing and renewal to the narrator.