English, 30.12.2020 14:00, bapefer498

Read the following excerpt from Patrick Henry's speech and answer the question. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.

The purpose of the parallel language in this example is to .

A. describe what it is like to surrender to an enemy
B. show how a balance of power can be created
C. emphasize the importance of past actions
D. suggest how long the colonists will have to wait for freedom

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