Part A Which sentence from the passage most clearly demonstrates Anthony’s use of parallelism?* (see definition above)
a.It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. (paragraph 2)
b.For any State to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people is to pass a bill of attainder, or an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. (paragraph 3)
c.By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity. (paragraph 3)
d.To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed. (paragraph 3) 15.
Part B How does the parallelism in Part A most clearly support Anthony’s point of view?
a.It emphasizes the fact that the country’s ideals apply to everyone, not just some people.
b.It stresses the fact that the federal government is more powerful than state governments.
c.It creates a logical argument to show that laws that exclude women should be deemed unconstitutional.
d.It reinforces the idea that a government without women has no real authority.


parallelism definition :*Parallel Structure: Parallelism, or parallel structure, is the use of similar grammatical forms or patterns to express similar ideas. Effective use of parallelism adds rhythm and balance to your writing and strengthens connections among your ideas

Text:On Woman’s Right to the Suffrage,” Susan B. AnthonyThe following passage is from a speech Susan B. Anthony, suffragette and advocate of civil rights for women, gave in 1873 after being arrested for voting. She was given a fine of $100 but never paid it. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote. Read the passage. Then, answer the question(s). FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS:—I stand before you to-night under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote. It shall be my work this evening to prove to you that in thus voting, I not only committed no crime, but, instead, simply exercised my citizen’s rights,guaranteed to me and all United States citizens by the National Constitution, beyond the power of any State to deny....It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people—women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot. For any State to make sex a qualification that must ever result in the disfranchisement of one entire half of the people is to pass a bill of attainder, or an ex post facto law, and is therefore a violation of the supreme law of the land. By it the blessings of liberty are forever withheld from women and their female posterity. To them this government has no just powers derived from the consent of the governed. To them this government is not a democracy. It is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor