Question

Read the following excerpt from Patrick Henry's speech and identify what figure of

speech it is,
"If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for
which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble
struggle in which we have been so long engaged"
1.Hypophora
2.Parallelism
3.Repetition

Answer 1

Answer: repetition

Explanation: The difference between repetition and parallelism is mainly that parallelism is the repeating of words with just slight adjustments each time. Repetition is repeating the SAME thing "over and over and over" again (see what I did there, THAT was repetition). Other examples of repetition are:

Time after time

Heart-to-heart

Hand in hand

Get ready, get set, go

Home sweet home

It is what it is

parallelism is changing it slightly each time

Repetition is often used to grab the readers attention or make the point(s) more stronger or more obvious