Which of the following statements is correct?

a. the thesis statement belongs at the bottom of the pyramidal writing structure, while topic sentences belong at the top.
b. a topic sentence is typically placed at the end of the first paragraph.
c. a topic sentence should state what you want to say about the overall topic.
d. supporting sentences should "prop up" a topic sentence, while topic sentences should relate to the thesis statement

faulty parallelism is a grammar construction where there is no balance in the parts of a sentence they have a similar meaning but the grammar structure is not equivalent.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation's third president.

the problem with the first version is that the sentence:

"jefferson was both the writer of the declaration of independence"

presents jefferson as both a subject and an agent for the verb "write" because if he was "the writer" then the declaration of independence was written by him, besides that fact, the sentence presents a dependent clause.

while the second sentence:

he was the nation's third president.

presents a basic subject+verb+object structure

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in both sentences:

jefferson wrote the declaration of independence, and he was the nation third president.

its d! the final exam asked good luck