Which persuasive device in Elie Wiesel’s speech “Keep Memory Alive” best supports his main idea — that we must remember because forgetting about oppression and suffering makes it more likely that history will repeat itself?
A. His use of rhetorical questions, such as: “How could the world remain silent?”
B. His use of parallelism
C. His use of hyperbole and understatement
D. His use of repetition, particularly his repetition of the phrase: “I remember…”

Question

Which persuasive device in Elie Wiesel’s speech “Keep Memory Alive” best supports his main idea — that we must remember because forgetting about oppression and suffering makes it more likely that history will repeat itself?
  A. His use of rhetorical questions, such as: “How could the world remain silent?” 	
  B. His use of parallelism 	
  C. His use of hyperbole and understatement 	
  D. His use of repetition, particularly his repetition of the phrase: “I remember…”