There are no pterodactyls in Ramirez’s front yard, but there are a mother dolphin, her baby, and two sheep. There’s a Don Quixote on his horse, aiming his lance at a windmill. There’s a space alien emerging from a flying saucer and an abstract baseball player completing his swing-all sculpted from sheet metal that Ramirez salvaged from auto junkyards.

Question

There are no pterodactyls in Ramirez’s front yard, but there are a mother dolphin, her baby, and two sheep. There’s a Don Quixote on his horse, aiming his lance at a windmill. There’s a space alien emerging from a flying saucer and an abstract baseball player completing his swing-all sculpted from sheet metal that Ramirez salvaged from auto junkyards.

In paragraph 3, the author uses repetition and parallelism to

A. emphasize the variety of Ramirez’s work
B. support Ramirez’s statement in paragraph 4.
C. suggest that she finds Ramirez’s work boring.
D. convey a vivid description of Ramirez’s work.

I chose A, but D sounds good too.

Answer 1

If you think the description is vivid (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vivid?s=t ), then choose D.

If you think the description is there to name the different things in the yard, then choose A.

Answer 2

To determine the correct answer, let's analyze the given options in the context of the paragraph provided.

Repetition refers to the use of the same word, phrase, or structure multiple times, while parallelism involves the use of similar grammatical structures in a sentence or paragraph.

In paragraph 3, the author describes various sculptures made by Ramirez, which include a variety of objects such as a mother dolphin, her baby, two sheep, Don Quixote on his horse, a space alien emerging from a flying saucer, and an abstract baseball player.

The author uses repetition by listing each of these objects one after the other, giving equal attention to each one. This repetition emphasizes the variety and range of Ramirez's work.

Additionally, the author uses parallelism in structuring the sentence. Each object is described in a similar format: "There's a [object] [action or description], all sculpted from sheet metal that Ramirez salvaged from auto junkyards."

Considering all this, it becomes clear that option A, "emphasize the variety of Ramirez's work," is the correct answer. The repetition and parallelism used in the description of the sculptures serve to highlight the diverse range of creations made by Ramirez.