What type of literary device is Ballou using in the underlined portion of this paragraph? A pure love of my country and of the principles have often advocated before the people and “the name of honor that I love more than I fear death” have called upon me

Group of answer choices

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Personification

if the underlined portion is supposed to be the line in quotes, it will be a simile

Explanation:

a simile is a comparison between 2 devices without using "like" or "as". it can be easily mistook for a hyperbole, as it represents over-exaggeration of the line

the civil rights act was passed on april 9, 1866 by a republican dominated congress. it was passed over president johnson's veto, in an effort to push back against discrimination of african americans.

b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.