Read this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government": Can there not be a government in which majorities do not
virtually decide right and wrong, but conscience? – in which
majorities decide only those questions to which the rule of
expediency is applicable? Must the citizen ever for a moment, or
in the least degree, resign his conscience to the legislator?
Which statement about Thoreau's style is most accurate?
A. He uses parallelism to list the benefits of a strong government.
B. He uses metaphor to give an extended, illustrative example,
C. He uses rhetorical questions to lead his audience to think about issues.
D. He uses rhetorical questions to get his audience to engage in a
discussion.