Read the excerpt from "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln, then answer the questions. Now we are engaged in a great civil war; testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We ha a portion of that field,as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. 10. What literary device is used in the phrase "testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure"? a. Personification b. Metaphor c. Parallelism d. Hyperbole

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Read the excerpt from "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln, then answer the questions. Now we are engaged in a great civil war; testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We ha a portion of that field,as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. 10. What literary device is used in the phrase "testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure"? a. Personification b. Metaphor c. Parallelism d. Hyperbole

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The literary device used in the phrase "testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure" is:c. ParallelismParallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. In this case, the parallel structure is seen in the repetition of the phrase "so conceived and so dedicated."

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