Read this passage from "notes of a native son":

when [my father] was dead i realized that i had hardly ever spoken to him. when he had been dead a long time i began to wish i had.

what rhetorical device is james baldwin most clearly using in this passage?
a. allusion
b. imagery
c. parallelism
d. metaphor

In this passage from "Notes of a Native Son".James Baldwin is most clearly using parallelism as rhetorical device is in this passage.

By definition Parallelism is two or more phrases or clauses in a sentence that have the same grammatical structure. Parallel structures give writing a strong balance.In this case, the two sentences begin with a  time clause introduced by when and a main clause. In addition, The parallel is stressed by the repetition of the word dead.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)