“Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat.” (Prov. 25:25) is an example ofGroup of answer choicesSynonymous parallelismAntithetical parallelismSynthetic parallelismComparative parallelism

“Pride comes before destruction, and an arrogant spirit before a fall.” (Prov. 16:18) is an example ofGroup of answer choicesSynonymous parallelismAntithetical parallelismSynthetic parallelismComparative parallelism

Read the following passage:But this sense of decency was now gone from our society — gone from the homes, gone from the schools, gone from the churches even! Why, a Saturday at the market was starting to sound like a trip to a pool hall!How does the author's use of parallelism most clearly support the central idea?A.It illustrates how widely the author has searched for any sign of decency.B.It calls attention to the great difference between homes, schools, and churches.C.It emphasizes the absence of decency from several facets of society.D.It makes readers consider areas of their own society that are lacking decency.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

A literary device that refers to the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.*A. JuxtapositionB. SarcasmC. ParallelismD. Antithesis

literary device that refers to the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure.*JuxtapositionSarcasmParallelismAntithesis

Which sentence in this excerpt from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country" uses parallelism?In the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it any more. It was cold in the fall in Milan and the dark came very early. Then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. There was much game hanging outside the shops, and the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails. The deer hung stiff and heavy and empty, and small birds blew in the wind and the wind turned their feathers. It was a cold fall and the wind came down from the mountains.