Read the following excerpt and answer the question. "our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; " which rhetorical device is used in the excerpt? repetition imagery parallelism metaphor

The machines come to symbolize the false hopes and promises of the modern age. The narrator's suspicion of these machines is conveyed in his descriptions of the major's case. While the machine works upon his injured hand, the major merely looks out the window. Like the narrator, he is detached. Nevertheless, as the code hero, he goes through the motions; he adheres to the form required of him despite meaninglessness.

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