Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: he could not see the land as it was, he could not smell the land as it smelled; his feet did not stamp the clods or feel the warmth and power of the earth. . he could not cheer or beat or curse or encourage the extension of his power . . which literary device does this passage most clearly show? a. rhetoric b. intercalary c. parallelism d. synecdoche

C. Parallelism.

Explanation: Parallelism is a literary device that consists in the repetition of a structure or grammar in different sentence in a paragraph, it can be the repetition of a word, a phrase or an entire sentence. the use of parallelism helps to create rhythm in the text. In the given excerpt from "The Grapes of Wrath" we can see an example of parallelism in the repetition of the structure "he could not."

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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