Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death." [W]hile the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the purple—through the purple to the green—through the green to the orange—through this again to the white—and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had been made to arrest him. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt? It emphasizes the frantic spiral toward confrontation. It emphasizes Prospero’s steady, confident approach. It emphasizes the excessive opulence of the decor. It emphasizes the rapid progression of time.

The effect of parallelism in this excerpt D. emphasizes the excessive opulence of the decor

Explanation:

From the excerpt of "The Masque of Red Death", the effect of parallelism is used to show the different colors and chambers in the rooms "the blue chamber to the purple—through the purple to the green—through the green to the orange—through this again to the white—and even thence to the violet".

This description of the different colors and chambers emphasized the opulence and luxury of the decor.

Parallelism is the successive verbal constructions in prose that corresponds in grammar structure sound, and meaning.

Opulence means great wealth or luxury.

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)