a. Verb phrases are repeated. b. Sentences beginning with the same subject and verb are repeated. c. A list of adjectives modify the same noun. d. The sentence contains a series of prepositional phrases. e. Repeated clauses contain the same subject and verb. 1. He has refused his assent to laws He has forbidden his Governors to pass laws He has refused to pass other laws - Thomas Jefferson, “The Declaration of Independence” 2. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate--we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow-this ground. ---Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address" 3. ...that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. - Abraham Lincoln, "The Gettysburg Address” 4. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. -Preamble to the Constitution of the United States 5. If I were in a monarchical government, or an autocratic or aristocratic government... -Frederick Douglass, "Untie His Hands"