Read the excerpt from Henry David thoreau's resistance to civil government: all machines have their friction and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil at any rate it is a great evil to make a stir about it but when the friction comes to have its machine and oppression and robbery are organized I say let us not have such a machine any longer
which statement about the rose rhetorical style is most accurate? A p e x 2.4.3 test
A. he uses metaphor to prompt the reader to question his own motivations
B. he uses parallelism to compare the government to something soulless
C. he uses parallelism to show her how a remedy can be worse than the evil
D. he uses metaphor to portray the government as something driven by greed and Evil ​

D. he uses metaphor to portray the government as something driven by greed and Evil ​

Explanation:

According to the excerpt from Henry David thoreau's resistance to civil government, he talks about machines and how they have friction, it is good as it counterbalances the evil, but it becomes a great evil when the friction has the machine and the operation and operation and robbery are organized. At this point, the author says, it is not necessary to have such machine any longer.

Therefore, the statement about the rhetorical style in the excerpt that is most accurate is his use of metaphor to portray the government as something driven by greed and evil.

the following key ideas correctly express the key sentence.

restate key idea: most people can learn to swim in ten short lessons.

restate key idea: the majority of water-accident victims require mouth-to-mouth breathing.

restate key idea: an empty, tightly closed gallon jug will support a tired swimmer.  

restate key idea: first aid is to prevent accidents as well as assist in rescue.

explanation: the key idea needs to have the same topic as the key sentence (drowning and safety).