Read the following excerpt from a speech given by a national leader: Ten years ago, we watched Sinesthesia, a new republic, fall victim to the seductive power of fascism. Five years ago, we watched as the nation suspended voting rights Today, we hear that the national assembly has been dismantled. We are a democracy, and we will defend our fellow freedom-lovers around the world. The costs of ignoring totalitarianism are simply too high. Which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of parallel structure is effective in this passage? O A. It emphasizes how Sinesthesia has changed over time. OB. It suggests that an outside force is behind the suspension of democracy. O C. It implies that the totalitarianism began earlier than previously thought OD. It emphasizes how different the events have been in Sinesthesia.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”