Which best explains the purpose of the rhetorical device used in the following sentences? we may have been defeated today, but we will be like the phoenix rising from its ashes. we will be victorious tomorrow. a. to build the author's ethos by referring to credible sources b. to appeal to the reader's logos through indisputable facts c. to prove a point by highlighting the obvious d. to create a memorable image by comparing two unlike objects

The purpose of the rhetorical device used in the above sentences is:

D. To create a memorable image by comparing two unlike objects

The rhetorical device used in the above sentence is a metaphor. A metaphor is a hidden comparison between two things which possess at least any one idea common to each other. The things may be completely different from each other but would have either one characteristic in common to them. In the above sentence, the rising off after the fall has been compared with the coming back of Phoenix who raised from its ashes.

the answer is b