What rhetorical device is james baldwin most clearly using in this passage

if you mend the passage ““ his outrageously demanding and protective way he loved his children, who were black like him and menaced, like ”, i believe the correct answer is parallelism.

in this passage, james baldwin is using parallelism as rhetorical device by repeating the phrase “like him”. parallelism is the repetition of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter to add to the balance and rhythm to sentences, in order to give ideas  smoother flow and   persuasiveness.

uncanny would be like unlucky or disaster. you can look for more in the dictionary or if you have text book then turn to a. 17 but it's different with textbooks.