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In which of these statements does Henry use parallelism?

A. “Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope."
B. “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated."
C. "Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?"
D. “Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?"

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Answer:

B. “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated."

Step-by-step explanation:

Parallelism or parallel structure is when similar words are used in close proximity. In other words, we can say parallelism is when successive verbal constructions are used in a sentence.

In Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty" speech, he used parallelism in the line "We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated." The parallelism is in the repetition of the phrase "we have...." within the same sentence.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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