Rhetorical Effect Of Repetition In Pliny
Audires ululatus feminarum, infantum quiritatus, clamores virorum; alii parentes alii liberos alii coniuges vocibus requirebant, vocibus noscitabant.
In the passage above, what narrative effect does Pliny achieve by repeating vocibus with two different verbs?
A
Emphasizes the chaos by showing how voices serve multiple desperate functions simultaneously
B
Creates a formal rhetorical balance between the two clauses for aesthetic effect
C
Indicates that people were using their voices instead of their hands to search
D
Distinguishes between the types of sounds made by different age groups
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