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"If we wish to be free-if we mean to preserve", "if we mean not basely to abandon" AND "which we have been so long contending", "which we have been so long engaged", "which we have pledged".
Parallelism is the repetition of the same grammatical structure. There are two instances of parallel structure in this excerpt. The first is the "If we ___ to ___" structure. The second is the "which we have _______" structure. By filling the passage with this parallel structure is gives the sense of a list of reasons that all, compounding on top of one another, logically lead to the need to fight. The change from the parallel structures in the last line "we must fight!" makes this exclamation stand out and hold power.
Narrators typically do this to make you feel more involved, and kind of give you a connection to the story. This allows readers to get a deeper understanding, and feel more connected.
Answer:
spoke
Grew
Watered
Payed
Opened
Picked up
Knew
Gave
Elected
Used
Explanation:
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