Read the following excerpt from the speech:

i'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because i have some -- some very sad news for all of you -- could you lower those signs, ? -- i have some very sad news for all of you, and, i think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people who love peace all over the world; and that is that martin luther king was shot and was killed tonight in memphis, tennessee.

the underlined word is an example of which rhetorical device?

group of answer choices

allusion

anaphora

repetition

simile