AnswersEnglish 2The Art of Rhetoric in Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

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Which lines from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address appeal to pathos? Choose two correct answers.

A
[A]ll thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.
B
Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.
C
Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
D
Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.
E
To do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
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Which sentence contains parallel structure?

A
A peaceful protest, witnessed by many, was held today in this parking lot; everyone who witnessed the workers’ actions will understand their ideals.
B
The workers staged a peaceful protest in a parking lot of this active community, and it has been witnessed by all the pedestrians who travel here.
C
This peaceful protest the workers staged in the parking lot has been witnessed by drivers, pedestrians, and residents of the neighborhood.
D
Every driver traveling down this road, every pedestrian crossing this street, every resident of this neighborhood has witnessed the workers’ peaceful protest.
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Which sentence contains parallel structure?

A
We can hope for our children, hope for the future, hope for solutions and resolutions.
B
Our children will live to see a future in which their problems and conflicts are resolved.
C
Children are the hope of the future; their ideas will solve tomorrow’s problems and conflicts.
D
Our children, in the future, will solve problems and resolve conflicts with their insights.

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