Question

which quote uses parallelism?

a. \wearing a wet half smile, her ancient dog sullenly waddled toward me like yoda greeting luke.\
—student essay

b. \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

c. \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

d. \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

Explanation:

Parallelism involves using similar grammatical structures or repeating phrases for emphasis. Option C has the repeated phrase "sweltering with the heat of" (in "sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression"), creating parallelism. Option A uses a simile, B uses a simile, and D is a descriptive statement without parallel structure.

Answer:

C. "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