The rhetorical device used in the following poem attributed to Benjamin Franklin and others is , which achieves not only an emphatic effect but also a humorous effect. For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a horseshoe nail."
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- According to the authors, the “lost generation” was actually never lost.
- Please keep together! I don’t want ( ) to get lost. A: nobody B: any of you C: every of you D: no one
- But for his courage, the battle ______. A: was lost B: B. would be lost C: would have been lost D: D. was to be lost
- What does the woman want to have Who found the lost boy A: Tom. B: B．Tom’s youngest brother. C: A policeman.
- We want to buy a pair of ____（shoe） for him.