"knowledge always desires increase: it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterwards propagate itself." --samuel johnson

which rhetorical device is used in the sentence?
a) allusion
b) analogy
c) oxymoron
d) parallelism

The answer is:

B) Analogy

An anology is used when you compare ine thing to another, in this case the author relates Knowledge and fire, and he then explains why he thinks they´re alike.

appropriate

adjective: correct or right for a particular situation or occasion

verb 1: to take and use for a purpose

verb 2: appropriate also means to steal

inappropriate

unsuitable, esp. for the particular time, place, or situation:

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."