I believe "C" is the correct answer, because Connor's friend reminded Connor that the car's gas gauge is broken, meaning that the car would break down.
D. "his sister, who had taken a sales job, learned shorthand and French in the evenings so that she might be able to get a better position later on"
The answer would be C. By using parallel structure, Roosevelt emphasizes the challenge the country faces in transitioning from peacetime to wartime.
The literary device parallelism is employed to emphasize how hard it is prepare for a wartime scenario. Parallelism is used mostly to provide emphasis in many moving passages and is efficient when trying to persuade or convince one's audience.
Example:
It was dark because a new era was upon the nation. It was dark because change was coming. It was dark because the struggle had only begun.
In this example, repeating the phrase "It was dark" places emphasis on the ominous tone of the prompt and allows the reader to feel the gravity of the situation.
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Focus on the benefits of the talent show and what students can gain by joining. These could include an opportunity to perform into others, if there is a prize to be won etc. It is best to focus on things that your fellow classmates could gain by joining the talent show, and hopefully they will decide to sign up. Also making the piece interesting and different will also help to attract interest.
