Which of these phrases uses parallelism to create a sad tone ? a) every night sadie comes to my room . she jumps on my bed. she licks my face . b) i called for sadie . sadie didn't answer . i waited up for sadie . sadie didn't come home c)sadie . my sweet dog. what happened. where are you? d)sadie di not come home . i spent the night much like a watchman, returning to the window several times.

B) I called for Sadie. Sadie didn't answer. I waited up for Sadie. Sadie didn't come home.

Explanation:

Parallelism is the repetition of a grammatical form within a sentence or text. Options A and B show this literary device quite distinctly: sentence A uses simple present tense verbs, and B, simple past tense verbs.  

However, a sad tone is created only in B.  

Additionally, in B, the first and third sentences are affirmative statements while the second and fourth sentences are negative statements. This pattern can also be considered part of parallelism created by the writer.  

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.