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Which quote uses parallelism?

A. "My experience helping my mother take care of my younger brothers and sisters, as well as my various babysitting jobs in my community, makes me a well-qualified candidate for your nanny position."

—Job application
B. "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice."

—Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream" speech
C. "I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage."

—Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
D. "Wearing a wet half smile, her ancient dog sullenly waddled toward me like Yoda greeting Luke."

—Student essay

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The phrase "I have the dream" by Martin Luther King
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