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What literary device that varies syntax does Steinbeck use in the highlighted portion of the excerpt below from The Grapes of Wrath?We could have saved you, but you cut us down, and soon you will be cut down and there’ll be none of us to save you.Group of answer choicesAntithesisClimaxInversionAnaphora

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What literary device that varies syntax does Steinbeck use in the highlighted portion of the excerpt below from The Grapes of Wrath?We could have saved you, but you cut us down, and soon you will be cut down and there’ll be none of us to save you.Group of answer choicesAntithesisClimaxInversionAnaphora

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The literary device that Steinbeck uses in the highlighted portion of the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath is Anaphora. Anaphora is a literary device where certain words or phrases are repeated at the beginning of clauses or sentences that follow each other. This creates emphasis and balance. In the given excerpt, the repetition of the phrase "you cut down" and "cut down" is an example of anaphora.

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