Parallelism Flashcards

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Use of similar grammatical forms to express equal or parallel ideas.

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Parallelism

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2
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Parallelism promotes _______ and prevents __________.

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clarity, awkwardness

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Represents a person, thing, concept, or place.

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Noun

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Noun form of a verb and ends with -ing.

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Gerunds

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Modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb

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Adverb

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Describes a noun

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Adjectives

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Parallel structure that begins with a phrase must continue with similar phrases.

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Phrases

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Two types of phrases

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prepositional phrase and infinite phrases

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A parallel structure that begins with a clause, must continue with clauses.

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clauses

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