ENG MR. SAITZ PARALLEL STRUCTURE Parallelism is defined as when two or more ideas in a sentence are alike in form and purpose, they can and should be expressed in the same grammatical forms. Wrong: Midge wants to hop, skip, and to jump. At work and while he was playing, Henry always pushed himself hard. This book is out of stock and not being printed. Our band plays at many school dances, town parades, and concert tours. We bought that fridge from a discount store and with a four-year guarantee. Right: Midge wants to hop, skip, and jump. At work and at play, Henry always pushed himself hard. This book is out of stock and out of print. Our band plays at many school dances, marches in town parades, and makes several concert tours. We bought that fridge from a discount store; it carries a four-year guarantee. The four common pairs of correlative conjunctions are both--and, either--or, neither--nor, and not only--but also. Each part of the pair should be followed immediately by the same grammatical form, two similar phrases, or two similar clauses. Wrong: You can either take the high road or the low road. She not only is quite rich but also quite stingy. Right: You can take either the high road or the low road. She is not only quite rich but also quite stingy. Re-write each of the following and use parallelism to accentuate the parallel ideas (coordinate elements). 1. Not only was she noisy and rude but also rather stupid. 2. The Admiral was told he was either a liar or he was a fool. 3. The old house needed painting, to be papered, and a patch job. 4. After you've been there a while and beginning to know your way around, look up Charley. 5. At 16, I was full of wildness, outspoken, and I was an uncaring person. 6. When I disobeyed, my parents punished me: no going out, I couldn't talk on the telephone, and was not allowed to have company. 7. Slowly, with ease, and soundless, the dancers moved offstage. 8. The drums pounded, did throb, were rising and falling. over>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Parallelism p.2 Below are the skeletons of sentences; fill in the blanks in each sentence with parallel words or phrases of your own. Be creative. Take care that your sentences make sense and that your parallels are truly parallel. 1. Subways are _________________________, ____________________ and ______________________ 2. At those parties, we had lots of fun. We __________________, ______________________, and ______________________. 3. If you ______________________________ and ____________________ you will feel healthy. 4. It was a clear May day. In the park, _______________________, _________________________, and __________________________. 5. The way we dress reveals our __________________________, our ___________________________ and our ______________________. 6. In elementary school ____________________________________, but in high school _____________________________________.