What is the theme of Lincoln's speech? Democracy, for which so many people have fought and
died, should be safeguarded.
O The dead and living soldiers should be honored.
O The battlefield should be dedicated to the people.
Civil wars should not be fought, as they test the endurance
of the nation.

What are the effects of parallel structure in this excerpt? check all that apply. it adds emphasis to the verbs that describe the british government’s oppression. it uses repetition to add power to the colonists’ growing list of grievances. it stresses jefferson’s list of grievances, giving the reader a sense of the amount of time the colonists have been oppressed. it emphasizes that all of these acts were carried out by the same person.