Question 4 (1 point) REVIEW: Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. This creates a pattern that readers can easily follow. Parallelism may involve one sentence with repeating phrase structures OR several similarly structured sentences.

DIRECTIONS: READ EACH SENTENCE/SENTENCE GROUP AND IDENTIFY EXAMPLES OF PARALLELISM.

EXAMPLE from "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr.: Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

a
"now is the time"
b
"desolate valley of segregation" and "sunlit path of racial justice"
c
"quick sands of racial injustice" and "solid rock of brotherhood"
d
"to make," "to rise," and "to lift"
e
All of the above are examples of parallelism.

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.

are you kidding? from that description of two mansions, you can't figure out which one is bleak and desolate? maybe you should consider looking those words up in a dictionary, if you don't know what they mean already.