The following passage (paragraph 12) adds to the development of the text mainly by explaining that .

Authors use rhetorical devices like similes, metaphors, and irony, among a long list of other things, to convince their audiences in more subtle ways. Thomas Jefferson was a learned student of literature and philosophy and had a keen sense of how to use these devices. In the Declaration of Independence, he employed a straightforward style but used rhetorical devices such as alliteration, allusion, euphony, and repetition to drive home his points. The rhetoric used during the late colonial period was instrumental in fostering the revolutionary spirit that defined the times and formed the basis of the arguments that led to the founding of the United States of America.
Answer choices for the above question

A. Thomas Jefferson was a well-educated scholar and politician

B. the first rhetorical devices originated in ancient Greece

C. Thomas Jefferson knew he could not convince people without rhetorical devices

D. rhetorical devices were influential in the founding of the United States of America