Christian wrote his version of a myth about daphne and apollo for his english assignment. read this excerpt from paragraph 2 of christian’s draft of his introduction and answer the question. he had slain a horrifying monster called the python, a serpent whose poisonous body had coveredan entire hillside. it required a thousand arrows to kill it. what is the best way to combine the underlined portion to achieve parallel structure? a serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside and had required a thousand arrows to kill it. a serpent whose poisonous body had covered anentire hillside, and apollo had required a thousand arrows to kill it. a serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside and requiring a thousand arrows to kill it. a serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside and who had required a thousand arrows to kill it.

The answer is the first option: a serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside and had required a thousand arrows to kill it.

For a structure to present parallelism, it has to repeat a certain grammatical form inside the sentence. Option a is the only option that presents such repetition. It is talking about the serpent's poisonous body and the two grammatical structures that come after that have the same structure: Past Perfect Tense.

It is as if two sentences were combined into one to avoid repetition:

A serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside.

                                                  +

A serpent whose poisonous body had required a thousand arrows to kill it.

                                                 =

A serpent whose poisonous body had covered an entire hillside and had required a thousand arrows to kill it.

Note: The third option (or option c) is incorrect because it says "requiring", not "required".

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multiple settings

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novels have multiple settings. a setting is a place or surrounding when a main event or event takes place. not everything happens in just one scene or setting. yes, there can be one *main* setting, but there is definitely not just one. b is incorrect. novels do not have limited characters. there are many characters in a novel, depending on how many the writer wishes to add in. c is incorrect. there is not just a single theme. there are many themes. another word for "theme" is the subject. there can be many subjects and topics. once again, there are many, depending on however many the author wishes to add or include. d is incorrect. yes, novels *can* have no solutions, based on what the author would like. but typically, novels have a solution. the solution might be in "book 5", but there is normally still a solution.

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well easy, ask her if she's free or if she would like to go out with you.

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