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Isolate and Discuss the Rhetorical Devices That Appear in the Following

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Isolate and discuss the rhetorical devices that appear in the following passage:
In March 1997, thirty-nine members of the so-called Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The event was connected with the Hale-Bopp comet, which was at that time making its brightest appearance to observers on earth. The cultists believed a spaceship following the comet would "take them away" from earthly matters, provided they had undergone sufficient "spiritual metamorphosis."

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