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English, 30.01.2020 23:04 laiahlott

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

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