Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have
produced additional violence and insult; our supplications
have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with
contempt, from the foot of the throne!
which statement best explains how patrick henry uses parallelism in the
passage to influence the audience?
a. using a repetitive structure in each sentence is meant to have a
soothing, almost hypnotic effect on the listeners.
b. repeating the phrase "foot of the throne" provides the crowd with
a constant reminder of the indignity of british rule.
c. the repetition of "our" is meant to make the audience feel part of
a community that has been wronged by britain.
d. by not going into detail about the slights the colonists have
suffered, henry overstates the true threat of the british

What a literary critic determine a story's complex theme? oa. the public's reaction to the storyob. the number of characters in a storyoc. the order of events within the storyod. the specific details within the storysurmit

Read this excerpt from "the light of gandhi's lamp" by hilary kromberg inglis, in which she describes driving to the police station where her sister is being detained. to avoid looking at the blackened windows at the top of the building and thinking about the history of who had died or been tortured there, i always looked instead at the little chinese restaurant on the opposite side of the road. how does this passage affect the text? it conveys, with great subtlety, the conflict she felt over having a sister who would break the law and end up in the custody of the police. it conveys, without any implied moral judgment, that those who fought against apartheid considered themselves to be soldiers in a just war. it conveys, with an extended metaphor, the idea that being detained by the police in this society was regarded as a badge of honor. it conveys, with direct language, the view held by many anti-apartheid activists that the police often acted in brutal and unlawful ways.

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