Read the following extract from a speech by a Guyanese environmentalist: 'Our children deserve clean rivers. Our grandchildren deserve to see the arapaima fish. Our great-grandchildren deserve a living Amazon.' This extract uses which persuasive device?

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Question

Read the following extract from a speech by a Guyanese environmentalist: 'Our children deserve clean rivers. Our grandchildren deserve to see the arapaima fish. Our great-grandchildren deserve a living Amazon.' This extract uses which persuasive device?

Accepted Answer

Anaphora (repetition at the start of sentences) — Award 1 mark for identifying anaphora — the deliberate repetition of 'Our...deserve' at the beginning of each sentence for emotional emphasis. A is incorrect because there is no repetition of initial consonant sounds. C is incorrect because no comparison using 'like' or 'as' is present. D is incorrect because the language is emphatic, not understated.

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Anaphora (repetition at the start of sentences)

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Understatement

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Simile

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Alliteration

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