All of the following word groups show parallelism except
to washington, dc; to the beach; to my grandmother’s house
by yellow bus, by orange and blue airplane, by turquoise car
little soda cans, impossible peanut bags, uncomfortable seats
i want to go on vacation, my mom and dad, traveling overseas

All of the following word groups show parallelism except:

I want to go on vacation, my mom and dad, traveling overseas

Parallelism is the use of same components, forms or ideas which are the same or are similar in a sentence. It adds rhythm to the sentences and helps in specifying the ideas more because it involves repetition of ideas or words. The repetition of the words in the lines or parallelism makes an idea or argument more specific and clearer. All the other word groups show some repetition but only the above group of phrases don't.

D). I want to go on vacation, my mom and dad, traveling overseas.

Explanation:

Parallelism employs repetition of elements in a sentence that are of identical or similar grammatical form in a sentence that aids to propose a parallel structure to the sentence. It serves to enhance the readability of the sentence and assists to offer an organized form to the ideas so that it becomes easy for the readers to understand.

As per the question, the sentence that does not follow parallelism is displayed through option D as it fails to employ a similar grammatical form of the verb('go' is not parallel to 'traveling') which diminishes the meaning and affects the readability of the sentence. The other options are reflecting a parallel construction. Thus, option D is the correct answer.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer is b just took the tested