What type of literary device is Ballou using in the underlined portion of this paragraph? A pure love of my country and of the principles have often advocated before the people and “the name of honor that I love more than I fear death” have called upon me

Group of answer choices

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

if the underlined portion is supposed to be the line in quotes, it will be a simile

Explanation:

a simile is a comparison between 2 devices without using "like" or "as". it can be easily mistook for a hyperbole, as it represents over-exaggeration of the line

i really dont know

explanation:

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).