The Art of Rhetoric in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address Quiz Active
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Which sentence contains parallel structure?
O This peaceful protest the workers staged in the parking lot has been witnessed by drivers, pedestrians, and residents of
the neighborhood.
The workers staged a peaceful protest in a parking lot of this active community, and it has been witnessed by all the
pedestrians who travel here
O A peaceful protest, witnessed by many, was held today in this parking lot, everyone who witnessed the workers' actions
will understand their ideals.
O Every driver traveling down this road, every pedestrian crossing this street, every resident of this neighborhood has
witnessed the workers' peaceful protest.
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Every driver traveling down this road, every pedestrian crossing this street, every resident of this neighborhood has  witnessed the workers' peaceful protest.

Explanation:

Parallelism refers to the use of similar grammatical structures, usually to give emphasis and importance to the words and meanings. In that respect, Lincoln makes use of parallel structures when he repeats the word every followed by a noun phrase, as he makes a list those who were witnesses of the peaceful protests.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.