Question 2(Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
(04.03 HC)
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Read the excerpt from Dwight D. Eisenhower's Military-Industrial Complex speech and answer the question that follows.
Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings.
We face a hostile ideology-global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method.
Which statement correctly identifies the rhetorical device in the bolded sentence and explains its effect on the text?
O Asyndeton, because the lack of conjunctions between phrases makes them seem more powerful
O Irony, because Eisenhower says the opposite of what he means to create a sense of humor in the text
O Metonymy, because uses Eisenhower uses the word "world" to replace Earth
OZeugma, because the word "absorbs" applies to two others in different senses?