People use many strategies for dealing with dialectical tensions. going back and forth between the two sides of a tension is a characteristic of which strategy?

Going back and forth between the two sides of a tension is a characteristic of alternation.

To add, in linguistics, an alternation is the phenomenon of a phoneme or morpheme exhibiting variation in its phonological realization. Each of the various realizations is called an alternant.

is this from a story?

if so, can you tell which one?

~courtney

the old way of life was represented by superstition, an angry god, and absolute submission to authority. the thinkers of the age of reason ushered in a new way of thinking. this new way championed the accomplishments of humankind. individuals did not have to accept despair. science and reason could bring happiness and progress. kings did not rule by divine right. they had an obligation to their subjects. europeans pondered the implications for nearly a century. americans put them into practice first.