In Patrick Henry's famous speech, the phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death," is what kind of figure of speech?

What are you practicing when successive sentences or phrases follow the same pattern of wording in order to emphasize an idea?

A) subordination B) hierarchical construction C) parallel construction D) superordination

You realize that your listeners have virtually no knowledge of your topic. In this case, you should be aware that they

a. will probably miss your point due to low intelligence. b. should be addressed with a very slow delivery and very simplistic language. c. are still capable of following clearly presented examples and arguments. d. should be clearly warned about this in the introduction of the speech.