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Chapter Five: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Special Topic: Parallelism

Chapter Five: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Special Topic: Parallelism. Prepared by Professors Rita Perkins and Paul Harris Camden County College. Uses of Parallelism. To coordinate elements in a series To pair ideas To enhance coherence To organize lists. Using Parallelism.

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Chapter Five: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Special Topic: Parallelism

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  1. Chapter Five: The Fourth Step in Essay Writing Special Topic: Parallelism Prepared by Professors Rita Perkins and Paul Harris Camden County College

  2. Uses of Parallelism • To coordinateelements in a series • To pair ideas • To enhance coherence • To organize lists

  3. UsingParallelism • All items listing two or more words, phrases, or clauses, need to be written in the same grammatical structure.For example, balance a noun with a noun, a phrase with a phrase, a clause with a clause. • Many people are interested in combat when they read about it at home, study about it in school, or watchingit on television. Revision: Many people are interested in combat when they read about it at home, study about it in school, or watch it on television.

  4. Using Parallelism with Pairs • When two ideas are included, they must be parallel. • Tourists enjoy viewing air shows on military bases and to examine displays of armor in museums. • Revision: • Tourists enjoy viewing air shows on military bases and examiningarmor displays in museums.

  5. Using Parallelism • Put words linked by coordinating conjunctions in parallel form. • The martial arts stress the study of hand technique and how you kick. • Revision: • The martial arts stress strengthening the hands and the feet.

  6. Using Parallelism • Correlative conjunctions(either/or, neither/nor, both/and, whether/or)require parallel form. • In Kung Fu the hands must be not onlyhard enough to knock down a man, but also their sensitivity must feel which way the wind blows. • Revision: • In Kung Fu the hands must be both hard enough to knock down a man and sensitive enoughto feel which way the wind blows.

  7. Using Parallelism • Comparisons usingthanorasneed parallel form. • The President would rather use diplomacy thanagreeing to send troops abroad. • Revision: • The President would rather use diplomacy than agree to send troops abroad.

  8. Using Parallelism • By repeating thepreposition, thearticles, or thesubordinating conjunctions,the parallelism becomes clearer and more effective. • The peace negotiators promised to help out in the day ornight. • Revision: • The peace negotiators promised to help out in the day or in the night.

  9. Checking for Parallelism • Check items listed in a series. • Use a parallel grammatical structure for all items. • Check places where coordinate or correlative conjunctions are used. • Check sentences where you usethanand as.

  10. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • In the 18th century, Franz Mesmer treated patients by using iron magnets and hypnosis. Correct

  11. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • People accused him of being a magician and that he was a fraud. Error

  12. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • People accused him of being a magician and a fraud. Correct

  13. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Today hypnosis is used in dentistry, in obstetrics, and when having minor surgery. Error

  14. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Today hypnosis is usedin dentistry, in obstetrics, and in minor surgery. Correct

  15. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Under hypnotic trance, the depressed patient may learn to assign positive feelings to past loss or learn to put the loss behind him and resume his life. Correct

  16. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • However, hypnotic subjects can readily confuse events that really happened with imaginary events. Error

  17. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • However, hypnotic subjects can readily confusereal events with imaginary events. Correct

  18. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Fear, stress, and feeling anxious seem to be factors in increasing physiological pain. Error

  19. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Fear, stress, and anxietyseem to be factors in increasing physiological pain. Correct

  20. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Hypnosis can quiet the mind by slowing heart rates, lowering respiration rates, and it reduces blood pressure. Error

  21. Parallelism Review Exercises Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): • Hypnosis can quiet the mind byslowing heart rates, lowering respiration, and reducing blood pressure. Correct

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