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Which rhetorical strategy does the author adopt in lines 17–23 ("We desire…of nations")?


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All right Next question in this british art journal question

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thinking here we go Which rhetorical strategy does the author

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adopt in line seventeen through twenty three We desire to

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find by what rules some art is called good and

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other art bad We desire to fund in conditions of

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character in the artist which are essentially connected with the

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goodness of his work We desire to find what of

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the methods of practice which formed this character or corrupted

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and finally how the formation of corruption of this character

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is connected with the general prosperity of nations So let's

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think about it Parallel construction is when the author repeats

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the same elements says the same element again and again

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and again eh lamenting element ng l lamenting in multiple

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sentences Right Well here it's all about the wee desire

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to find right there subject verb combo which comes up

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three sentences in a row We desire to find by

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what rules we desire to find the conditions we desire

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to find What are the methods Well because all the

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senses have a subject and verb they're complete sentences So

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get rid of a The author doesn't use extreme exaggerations

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There's no hyperbole Get rid of See the sentences have

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only one klaus Not many clauses which would qualify them

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as sarah taxis and the same sound isn't repeated So

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there's no obliteration either like getting rid of e And

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dr seuss would have hated this passage so hard Yeah

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no obliteration there So the answer is beats all about

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parallel construction Right We're repeating things again Again again again 00:01:33.883 --> [endTime] again

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