Which elements of a folktale are shown in the
description of John Henry? Check all that apply.
a character with extraordinary abilities
a single, identifiable author
originally written down in a book
created by a group of people
based on the real lives of normal people

What are the effects of parallel structure in this excerpt? check all that apply. it adds emphasis to the verbs that describe the british government’s oppression. it uses repetition to add power to the colonists’ growing list of grievances. it stresses jefferson’s list of grievances, giving the reader a sense of the amount of time the colonists have been oppressed. it emphasizes that all of these acts were carried out by the same person.