Read the passage from A Room of one's own.

Which rhetorical devices are used in the underlined portion

of this passage? Select two options,

allusion

Unfortunately, it is precisely the men or women of genius

who mind most what is said of them. Remember Keats.

Remember the words he had cut on his tombstone. Think

of Tennyson, think but I need hardly multiply instances of

the undeniable, if very fortunate, fact that it is the nature of

the artist to mind excessively what is said about him.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have

minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

metaphor

overstatement

understatement

parallel structure

Answer: Metaphor and overstatement

Explanation:

We can see the metaphor in this excerpt when the men are shown as the wreckage. ''Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.'' It is used to demonstrate the author's belief about men who are minding other opinions.

Overstatement is shown in ''Think of Tennyson, think but I need hardly multiply instances of the undeniable if very fortunate, fact that it is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him.'' The author has many evidence about the nature of the artist so he is representing his thought about them as something bigger than it is.