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Parallelism
Objectives:
1. Give full understanding of
Parallelism and its rules
2. Complete sentences applying
Parallel structure
3. Inculcate the value of
Devotion to Study in relation
to the lesson
4. Answer in complete sentence
while applying parallelism
5. Answer the quiz with
confidence
 WHAT AM I TO DO?

Do I maintain
parallelism Or should I
with a use an
participle? infinitive?
PARALLELISM
A GRAMMATICAL DEVICE THAT USES A CONSISTENT
STRUCTURE OF TWO OR MORE CLAUSES, PHRASES
OR WORDS THAT HAVE SIMILAR FORM OR LENGTH.

PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION IS USED AS A STYLISTIC

DEVICE THAT IMPROVES READABILITY AND
FLUENCY IN WRITING.

THE WORD PATTERNS ASSIST THE READERS IN

FORMING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS OR
PHRASES. THE WRITING ALSO SOUNDS MORE
POLISHED AND FLOWS MORE SMOOTHLY.
A PARALLELISM ITEM ON AN
OBJECTIVE TEST MIGHT
LOOK LIKE THIS ...
 SAMPLE ITEM

Directions: Choose the sentence that has no errors in structure.

A. Eileen bought new shoes for the party, a gold charm for her
mother, and to treat her best friend Maria to lunch.
B. Eileen decided to buy new shoes for the party, purchasing a
gold charm for her mother, and treating her best friend Maria
to lunch.
C. Eileen
Eileen purchased
purchasednewnewshoes
shoesfor
forthe
the
party,
party,a gold
a gold
charm
charm
for
her her
for mother,
mother,
and lunch
and lunch
for Maria,
for Maria,
her best
herfriend.
best friend.
ITEMS IN A SERIES MUST
HAVE PARALLEL STRUCTURE.
Parallelism looks like this:

Shane , , and .

Shane , , and .
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:

Shane ate the pizza, wiped his lips, and

burped with contentment.

Ate = past tense verb;

wiped = past tense
verb; and burped =
past tense verb.
DON’T CREATE PROBLEMS BY MIXING
GRAMMATICAL ELEMENTS.

Non-parallel structure looks like this:

Shane , , and .

Shane , , and .
THE PROBLEM LOOKS LIKE
THIS:
Mint ate the apple, wiped her lips, and
burping with contentment.

Now look what you’ve

done! Ate and wiped
= past tense verbs, but
burping = present
participle!
QUICK TEST, PART 1

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