Read this sentence from the story if my life by Helen Keller Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as if something forgotten -- a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me. Which element if plot does this sentence best represent?

Brutus: but as he was ambitious, i slew him. . who is here so base that would be a bondman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so rude that would not be a roman? if any, speak, for him have i offended. who is here so vile that will not love his country? if any, speak, for him have i offended. i pause for a reply. which rhetorical device does brutus use in this excerpt?