How do the first two lines of "The New Colossus" contribute to the poem's meaning? They establish a comparison between two related ideas.

They introduce an idea that the rest of the poem contrasts.

They establish an idea that is explored throughout the rest of the poem.

They introduce a topic unrelated to the topic described in the rest of the poem.

they introduce the idea that the rest of the poem contrasts

Explanation:

B.) They introduce an idea that the rest of the poem contrasts.

Explanation:

I took the test and got it correct. :)

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.

in the shadow of war