Refer to the excerpt from "A Bachelor's Complaint of the Behaviour of Married People." The phrase"as a sovereign Prince" in the third sentence of paragraph two is an example of which rhetorical device?
a. an appeal to logic
b. simile
c. an appeal to authority
d. an appeal to emotion
e. metonymy
I think it is an appeal to authority. I know it is not e.
"Every long friendship, every old authentic intimacy, must he brought into their office to be new stamped with their currency, as a sovereign Prince calls in the good old money that was coined in some reign before he was born or thought of, to be new marked and minted with the stamp of his authority, before he will let it pass current in the world".
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The correct answer is c. an appeal to authority.
The phrase "as a sovereign Prince" is used to compare the behavior of married people to the actions of a person in a position of power and authority. By employing this comparison, the author is emphasizing the control and influence that married people assert over long-standing friendships and intimacies. This rhetorical device, known as an appeal to authority, adds weight to the author's argument by associating married individuals with the authoritative actions of a prince.