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hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

Literature in English
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With the pen, he wrote kings into reality

With his words, kingdoms arose,

Those same words, slaves inhaled

Their hands building walls, their feet tromping territories

His pen was like the breath of life.

hands and feet in line 4 illustrate _________

  • A. contrast
  • B. litotes
  • C. personification
  • D. synecdoche
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Correct Answer: Option D
Explanation

Synecdoche is a figure of speech where a part of something represents the whole, or the whole represents a part. In this case, "hands" and "feet" represent the people (slaves) who are building walls and tromping territories.


Contrast refers to the comparison of different or opposing elements, which doesn't apply here. Litotes  is a form of understatement that uses double negatives, which is not relevant in this context. Personification involves giving human qualities to non-human things, but here, "hands" and "feet" are literal parts of people, not personified objects.

 


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