Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country repeats one pattern of words. That is:
ALoose structure
BParallel structure
CRhyming structure
DSound structure
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Parallel structure
1. The pattern repeats, not the words.
2. It signals that the ideas weigh the same.
3. It is parallel structure.
_Source: OpenStax Writing Guide with Handbook, Chapter 9, Rhetorical Analysis._
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