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To emphasize certain images.

The correct answer is D) To emphasize certain images.

The other options of the question were A) To soften the blow of disturbing subject matter. B) To downplay the contrast of opposing ideas. C) To relax the reader with repetition,

One reason Steinbeck uses parallelism in "The Grapes of Wrath" was to emphasize certain images.

American author John Steinbeck wrote the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" in 1939. The book refers to the story of poor farmers in America during the Great Depression years, after the US market stock crashed, leaving millions of people without a job. The story centers on the life of the Joad family, in Oklahoma. Steinbeck uses parallelism in "The Grapes of Wrath" was to emphasize certain images such as poverty, suffering, sorrow, and desperation.

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