Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing

Which literary device is used and what effect does it have on the interpretation?

a. He uses irony because it is actually not virtuous or excellent to kill.
b. He uses alliteration because the words suggest the sound of slaughtering and killing.
c. He uses imagery because you can visualize the soldiers slaugtering and killing. He alludes to a past war.

Read the excerpt from suffragists' "great demand" banner. in 1917, more than one thousand women stood before the white house in a cold, pouring rain, holding silent vigil to demand a constitutional amendment to extend the vote to them. their quest to be enfranchised by law was known at the time as the great demand. the smithsonian's great demand banner, as it came to be called, declares in bold words and style the determination of the women who made and carried it. their campaign on behalf of women sought to move america one step closer to fulfilling the nation's long-deferred promise of equality under the law. which statements about this excerpt are correct? check all that apply.