Read the following passage:
i thought i could outrun my grief, but looking back now, 1
see it had followed me everywhere. it was there in boston.
it was there in amarillo and in seattle. it was even here in
charlotte. i carried it with me like an overstuffed backpack.
how does the author's use of parallelism most clearly support the central
idea?
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a. it illustrates how the grief is like a backpack because the speaker
carried it with him everywhere.
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b. it calls attention to the similarities between grief and a backpack
because it was so overstuffed.
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c. it makes readers consider how grief affected the speaker in each
town.
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d. it emphasizes the number of places the speaker's grief followed
him.

Read the argument below and answer the question that follows. all football players are required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. david is a football player. david is required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. what are the elements of this argument? a. premise: david is required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. conclusion: david is a football player. b. premise: all football players are required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. conclusion: david is a football player. c. premise: david is a football player. conclusion: david is required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. d. premise: all football players are required to attend weekly strengthening workshops. david is a football player. conclusion: david is required to attend weekly strengthening workshops.