This is the Gerund: Gerund is formed by adding -ing to the verb stem: for example: do-ing; mak-ing, kiss-ing.
It can be used as a noun, but also in other positions, but here is an example for the noun use:
Kissing Paul was a good idea.
-<u>Auto</u><u>mat</u><u>ic</u><u> </u>
The root of the word is mat, meaning "thinking, animated" from Greek, <em>matos</em>
Auto is a prefix which means self. Ic is a suffix that makes the adjective.
<u>-</u><u>Grati</u><u>fy
</u>
The root if the word is grati from the Latin word <em>,gratus</em> meaning
do a favor to. The suffix fy helps make the verb form.
<u>-Una</u><u>ten</u><u>able
</u>
The root is ten from from Latin tenēre, meaning have.
This word contains a prefix, un, meaning not, and a suffix ,able, used to make the adjective.
The correct answer is C: <span>To impress the disparity of experience between citizens and slaves.
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This paragraph is informing the audience that what they enjoy -- freedom and independence -- is not what slaves enjoy. He is trying to impress upon his audience the "the immeasurable distance between" them.
The sentence that contains parallel structure is "There is education in reading, joy in playing, and fulfillment in learning," as stated in option D.
<h3>What is parallel structure?</h3>
A parallel structure is a grammatical structure that appears more than one in a sentence. The use of parallel structures is also called parallelism. Its purpose is to make the sentence more organized and easier to understand.
We find the use of parallel structures in the sentence "There is education in reading, joy in playing, and fulfillment in learning." The grammatical structure being repeated is noun + in + verb with -ing:
With the information above in mind, we can choose option D as the correct answer.
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