Read this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government":

All machines have their friction; and possibly this does enough good to counterbalance the evil. At any rate, it is a great evil to make a stir about it. But when the friction comes to have its machine, and oppression and robbery are organized, I say, let us not have such a machine any longer.
Which statement best describes Thoreau's rhetorical style?
A. Thoreau uses metaphor to prompt the reader to question the government's actions.
B. Thoreau uses parallelism to compare the government to something soulless.
C. Thoreau uses parallelism to show how a cure can be worse than the disease.
D. Thoreau uses metaphor to convey the idea that the government lacks integrity.

Rhetorical style of writing involves the usage of various literary devices by the author so as to better communicate their ideas to the readers. The statement that best describes Thoreau's rhetorical style in "Resistance to Civil Government” is option D: Thoreau uses metaphor to convey the idea that the government lacks integrity.

Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government"

The above answer can be further understood as given below:

In the above excerpt, the author is comparing the government to a machine by the use of machine as a metaphor.

A metaphor is a literary device used to convey a point by the use of unrelated words, in the present context.

The author uses the metaphor to express his thoughts that the government is being driven by greed and evil.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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