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Question 7 • English 2

Read the excerpt from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in . . . Which word from the excerpt creates parallel structure?

Answer
A
with
B
see
C
work
D
finish

Explanation

The word “with” begins each of the parallel phrases: “with malice,” “with charity,” and “with firmness.” Repeating the same opening word gives the phrases a matching structure, so the correct choice is “with.”

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