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PARALLELISM
PARALLEL SENTENCE STRUCTURE
VERB FORM AGREEMENT?
WAT DAT?
INFINITIVE
• TO RUN
• TO SWIM
• TO BIKE
GERUND FORM
• RUNNING
• SWIMMING
• BIKING
• VERB-ING
MODIFIER/NOUN
• HE LIKED THE FORD MUSTANG FOR ITS SLEEK ARCHITECTURE, SPORTY HANDLING, AND
COMPETITIVE PRICING.
MODIFIER NOUN
• THE NIRVANA VIDEO WAS NOTEWORTHY BECAUSE OF ITS BLURRY LYRICS, MURKY MUSIC, AND
EERIE GUITAR RIFFS.
MODIFIER/NOUN
• BILLY COLLINS EXPLORES THE IDEA OF READER FRUSTRATION BY EMPLOYING PLAYFUL
IMAGERY, INTRIGUING METAPHORS AND CONNOTATIVE DICTION.
SUPPLEMENTARY/COMPLIMENTARY
• WAT DAT?
SUPPLEMENTARY VS. COMPLIMENTARY?
• “WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE AND CHARITY FOR ALL.”
SUPPLEMENTARY VS COMPLIMENTARY
• CARROLLTON IS NOTEWORTHY FOR ITS EDUCATED POPULATION, CULTURAL AWARENESS AND
ITS CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE,
WHAT KIND OF PARALLEL STRUCTURE? WHAT KIND
OF LOGIC?
• OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS PLAGUED BY EXCESSIVE REGULATION, OPPRESSIVE BUREAUCRACY
AND MANUFACTURED OVERSIGHT.
WHAT KIND OF PARALLEL STRUCTURE? WHAT KIND
OF LOGIC?
• THE FILM’S STUNNING VISUALS, SOCIETAL DYNAMICS AND RESPECTFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TO HISTORY MAKE IT WORTHWHILE IN MANY REGARDS.
KINDA PARALLEL?
• THE STARK AND GRITTY HUE STRUCTURE OF THE “CAVERN LIKE” LIVERPOOL CLUB SCENE BEARS
CONTRAST WITH THE BLASÉ PASTELS OF THE PRIVILEGED AMERICAN SUBURBAN FAMILY, AND
THE MATTE FINISH OF THE VERY IMPLIED BLACK AND WHITE OF THE DETROIT RIOTS.
PARALLEL? = YES, VERY-LLEL
• FOR THOSE OF THE RECENT GENERATION NOT FAMILIAR WITH THESE TURBULENT TIMES, THE
STREET POLITICS AND THE OVERALL TENSION OF A COUNTRY COMPARING IT’S PROFESSED
VALUES WITH IT’S EXPRESSED ACTIONS IS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY RENDERED, WITHOUT
THE PREACHINESS AND THE “WE TOLD YOU SO” ATTITUDES PREVALENT IN LESSER WORKS.