Homework Help: English

Posted by Buckley on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 12:02pm.

I have a question about a figure of speech:
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind

What figure of speech is "Or every man be bling"
Would it be
synedoche
metonymy
metaphor
litotes
personification
I know its not personification or synedoche

English - Ms. Sue, Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 12:07pm
Study these definitions. Which do you think best answers this question?

http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/litotesterm.htm

http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/metonymy.htm

http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/metaphorterm.htm

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