Read the following passage:
stephen criticized the way the tables were crowded together. criticized the long wait and the cold food. criticized the band that was playing and the poor acoustics. the evening couldn't end soon enough, in my opinion.
which rhetorical technique does the passage best exemplify?
a. irony
b. satire
c. sarcasm
d. parallelism

The rethorical technique this passage best exemplify is D. Parallelism.

Explanation:

Parallelism is a rethorical device by which words, phrases or an entire sentence is repeated or similar in construction. Parallelism is widely implemented to represent a scheme of balance in speech and then persuade the reader.

alone =having no one else present.

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