The epigram that Algernon uses in his last line provides a critique about. how the rules of Victorian society were not very strict and were not taken seriously. ... how the rules of Victorian society dictated many things, even what was proper to read.
"Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid" is an example of <em>D. personification.</em>
Personification is a literary device in which animals, objects or ideas are given human attributes. In this case, sorrow is given the ability to knock at someone's door, but as we know it is only a figure of speech because sorrow cannot knock at the door.
The sentence in which parallel structure is used is A) While making a necklace, Sharon strung sparkly beads, added heart charms, and attached a silver clasp.
The parallel structure is marked in this sentence because the <em>simple past tense </em>is used in the three clauses. The parallel structure, also known as parallelism, is <em>the use of a repetitive pattern in the sentence structure. </em>Its function is to give an equal importance to different ideas or words within a sentence. The use of parallelism is useful to balance writing and make a sentence easier to read. One way of balancing a sentence is to use the same tense in all clauses. The other sentences B, C and D <em>do not follow a repetition in pattern.</em>
