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When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

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Ill give 50 points and brainiest if i can. would be grateful for any on this. the industrial revolution moved the united states into a new economic era. using the resources provided respond to the following prompts as they deal with economic development in the united states. using the maps available on the web links tab, explain the economic development of the united states, especially in regard to its emergence as a major industrial power. (focus on industrial sections; cities and towns; territorial growth; agricultural, mineral, and resource regions; coal fields; slavery; value and production; and distribution of agriculture and manufacturing areas.) using the available maps, explain the economic advantages of the physical geography of the united states. explain the gains that the united states made from trade.