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21 August, 23:00

Read this excerpt from James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son": And, with that sound, my frozen blood abruptly thawed, I returned from wherever I had been, I saw, for the first time, the restaurant, the people with their mouths open, already, as it seemed to me, rising as one man, and I realized what I had done, and where I was, and I was frightened. I rose and began running for the door. Which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports Baldwin's purpose? A. It establishes a mood of sympathy by showing that Baldwin was frightened. B. It repeats the word I to emphasize Baldwin's thoughts on the rage he displays. C. It lists Baldwin's actions to illustrate how others reacted to him. D. It repeats the word was to emphasize that Baldwin is embarrassed.

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  1. 22 August, 02:18
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    The best sentence that explains the use of parallelism in James Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son" is that i t establishes a mood of sympathy by showing that Baldwin was frightened. The answer is letter A. Parallelism is the usage of words that makes it grammatically similar. In here, mood of sympathy corresponds to Baldwin being frightened.
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