4.) read the excerpt below and answer the question. he felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul. the words of the hymn were like drops of frozen rain melting on the dry palate of the panting earth. in this excerpt from things fall apart, achebe employs figurative language to select all that apply. a. cast doubt on nwoye’s sense of duty to his father b. illustrate how different the two religions seem to nwoye c. express nwoye’s misgivings about giving up his old religion d. convey how deeply nwoye is moved by the missionary’s teachings

b. illustrate how different the two religions seem to Nwoye.

d. convey how deeply Nwoye is moved by the missionary’s teachings.

Explanation:

In this description, Achebe describes how Nwoye felt when he began to practice Christianity. We learn that Nwoye was extremely moved by the missionary's teachings. This is expressed by the fact that he felt a relief in his soul. Moreover, we also learn that the two religions were very different to him. This is shown by the fact that one religion led to a "parched soul" and a "dry palate" while the other one was like "drops of frozen rain."

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.