Which rhetorical device is used in this excerpt from g. k. chesterton's "the fallacy of success"?

the greeks enshrined it in the story of midas, of the 'golden touch.' here was a man who turned everything he laid his hands upon into gold. his life was a progress amidst riches. out of everything that came in his way he created the precious metal. 'a foolish legend,' said the wiseacres of the victorian age. 'a truth,' say we of to-day. we all know of such men. we are ever meeting or reading about such persons who turn everything they touch into gold. success dogs their very footsteps. their life's pathway leads unerringly upwards. they cannot fail.

unfortunately, however, midas could fail; he did. his path did not lead unerringly upward. he starved because whenever he touched a biscuit or a ham sandwich it turned to gold.

a. anecdote
b. repetition
c. allusion
d. analogy

C.allusion.

An allusion is a figure of speech in which the author references an object, person or event from a different context in an indirect way. It is up to the reader to make the direct connection. Usually, these references are to well-known subjects in order for the reader to be able to decipher them. In this case, the author is referencing the story of King Midas. King Midas was a Greek king who had the magical power of turning everything he touched to gold.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)