Lesson One: Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1
Question 5 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A
Why does Douglass use parallelism?
Answer
Answer:
Douglass uses parallelism to intensify his criticism, emphasize enslaved people’s lack of liberty, contrast free people with enslaved people, and accuse free Americans of dishonesty and hypocrisy.