Which of the following statements illustrates the use of parallelism?
a. "Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope."
b. "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated."
c. "Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?"
d. "Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?"

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Which of the following statements illustrates the use of parallelism? 
a. "Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope."
 b. "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated." 
c. "Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?" 
d. "Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?"

anonymous · Answer

Please Help !!!!

anonymous · Answer

It should be B, since it repeats an idea of petitioning in more than one word