Why do writers like emerson and thoreau use parallelism in their writing?

a. to draw in more readers
b. to ask the reader questions
c. to emphasize certain points
d. to compare one thing to another

Which three sentences in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that the author's tone is mocking?

Question 5 the poet protests against child labor and condemns the harm done to children exploited in this practice. yet in lines 23-24, the child narrator writes that “tho' the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm / so if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.” this is an ironic expression of the narrator’s

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