Question

In paragraph 4, quindlen uses repetition and parallelism expressing related ideas using similar grammatical constructions. What sentence structure and words does she repeat? What is the effect of this repetition?

Answer 1

Paragraph four of Anna Quindlen "Quilt of a country" is mainly constructed with questions, and repeats the words "What is the point" at the beginning of each question.

She is trying to prove her point, that despite all of the cultures and ethnicities and different backgrounds that constitute the American people, it is not enough to disintegrate the nation, while other countries were torn apart by these differences.