Read the excerpt from "Among Free Men." No wrongs have ever been righted by riots or civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled, uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of reason. Which rhetorical device is most apparent in this excerpt?

The excerpt repeatedly sets contrasting ideas against each other: a sniper is called a “coward, not a hero,” and a mob is described as the “voice of madness, not the voice of reason.” This sharp contrast is antithesis. The main device is not irony, which involves a gap between expectation and reality.

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