Question

Which rhetorical device is used in this excerpt from "The Extraordinary American" by G. K. Chesterton?

He was a lean brown man, having rather the look of a shabby tropical traveller, with a grey moustache and a lively and alert eye. But the most singular thing about him was that the front of his coat was covered with a multitude of shining metallic emblems made in the shape of stars and crescents. I was well accustomed by this time to Americans adorning the lapels of their coats with little symbols of various societies; it is a part of the American passion for the ritual of comradeship.

Answer 1

There is nothing that an American likes so much as to have a secret society and to make no secret of it. But in this case, if I may put it so, the rash of symbolism seemed to have broken out all over the man, in a fashion that indicated that the fever was far advanced. @deadpool01 @geekfromthefutur

figurative allusion
descriptive imagery
political satire
emotional appeal

Answer 2

Hey beautiful

Answer 3

hi:) do you know the answer?

Answer 4

www.gutenberg.org/files/27250/27250.../27250-h.htm hope this helps

Answer 5

thnx @deadpool01

Answer 6

And I think its political

Answer 7

you sure?

Answer 8

yw and i think it would be descriptive imaginary

Answer 9

ugh im confused now lol

Answer 10

Yea im debating between that and political

Answer 11

im like 99.9% sure sweetie

Answer 12

why political? and why descriptive imaginary?

Answer 13

Its decribtive, because the stroy gives every item in the story with detail like it says his coat was covered with a multitude of shining metallic emblems made in the shape of stars and crescents.

Answer 14

So yes shes correct

Answer 15

bc its describing the things he was wearing and stuff in what i read at the top and political is wrong

Answer 16

ok thnxguys:)

Answer 17

Welcome

Answer 18

yw sweetie :)

Answer 19

@geekfromthefutur this one again are you sure?

Answer 20

ok I did some hard researching, and its the same descriptive imagery

Answer 21

ok thnx ;)