Question

Which quote uses parallelism?

A. "My experience helping my mother take care of my younger brothers and sisters, as well as my various babysitting jobs in my community, makes me a well-qualified candidate for your nanny position." - Job Application

B. "I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage." - Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim

C. "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering in the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." - Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech

D. "Wearing a wet half smile, her ancient dog sullenly waddled toward me like Yoda greeting Luke." - Student Essay

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is C ("I have a dream...")

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C, "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering in the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice." - Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech

Explanation:

• Parallelism is the use of comparable words, clauses, phrases, sentence structure, or other linguistic components in a sentence to highlight related terms.

• It makes the statement shorter, clearer, and easier to read.

• The use of parallelism improves readability and may make texts easier to understand.

• In Martin Luther King Jr's speech, the words state and sweltering are repeated twice.