Question

Read this excerpt from James Baldwin's 'Notes of a Native Son

And, with that sound, my frozen blood abruptly thawed, I returned from wherever I had been, I saw, for the first time, the restaurant, the people with their mouths open, already, as it seemed to me, rising as one man, and I realized what i had done, and where I was, and I was frightened. I rose and began running for the door

Which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports Baldwin's purpose?

A. It repeats the word/to emphasize Baldwiri's thoughts on the rage he displays

B. It lists Baldwin's actions to illustrate how others reacted to hirn

C. It establishes a mood of sympathy by showing that Baldwin was frightened

D. It repeats the word was to emphasize that Baldwin is embarrassed

Answer 1

A. It repeats the word "was" to emphasize Baldwin's thoughts on the rage he displays.