Question 12 of 18 Read the excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government": The mass of men serve the state thus not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies __ Such command no more respect than men of straw or a lump of dirt. They have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. Yet such as these even are commonly esteemed good citizens. Which statement about Thoreau's rhetorical style is most accurate? A. He uses parallelism to argue that people should not be judged by appearances B. He uses metaphor to show how Americans should serve the government C. He uses parallelism to compare people to animals and inanimate objects D. He uses metaphor to show how little the government values its citizens