Question

select the correct texts in the passage. which two phrases, taken together, are an example of parallelism? except from franklin d. roosevelts four freedoms speech on january 6, 1941, president franklin d. roosevelt spoke to congress about the potential effect that world war ii might have on the united states and its policies. his address has since become popularly known as the four freedoms speech. just as our national policy in internal affairs has been based upon a decent respect for the rights and the dignity of all our fellow men within our gates, so our national policy in foreign affairs has been based on a decent respect for the rights and dignity of all nations, large and small. and the justice of morality must and will win in the end. our national policy is this: first, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all-inclusive national defense second, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our hemisphere. by this support, we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail; and we strengthen the defense and the security of our own nation. third, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to the proposition that principles of morality and considerations for our own security will never permit us to acquiesce in a peace dictated by aggressors and sponsored by appeasers. we know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other peoples freedom...

Explanation:

To identify parallelism, we look for phrases with similar structure. The phrases "by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all - inclusive national defense" (First) and "by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our Hemisphere" (Second) have a similar structure: starting with "by an impressive expression... without regard to partisanship, we are committed to...". Another pair is "Just as our national policy in internal affairs has been based upon a decent respect for the rights and the dignity of all our fellow men within our gates, so our national policy in foreign affairs has been based on a decent respect for the rights and dignity of all nations, large and small" as they follow the "Just as... so..." structure with similar content about national policy based on respect for rights/dignity (internal and foreign).

Answer:

1. "by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to all - inclusive national defense" and "by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute peoples, everywhere, who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our Hemisphere"
2. "Just as our national policy in internal affairs has been based upon a decent respect for the rights and the dignity of all our fellow men within our gates, so our national policy in foreign affairs has been based on a decent respect for the rights and dignity of all nations, large and small"