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.

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Vicente Mcfarland

English

23 March, 06:23

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.

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Answers (2)

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Triston Rivera · Answer 1

B. I called for die. Sadie didn't answer. I waited up for Sadie. Sadie didn't come home. - APEX

Anton Gaines · Answer 2

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.