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©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, Form A John Langan Parallelism

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Use Parallelism balancing By balancing the items in a sentence, you will make the sentence clearer and easier to read. Ex.: My job includes checking inventory, initialing orders, and to call the suppliers. calling

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Uses of Parallelism coordinateTo coordinate elements in a series pairTo pair ideas enhanceTo enhance coherence organizeTo organize lists

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Using Parallelism For example, balance a noun with a noun, a phrase with a phrase, a clause with a clause.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. Revision: Many people are interested in combat when they, or Revision: Many people are interested in combat when they read about it at home, study about it in school, or watch it on television. Many people are interested in combat when they, or. Many people are interested in combat when they read about it at home, study about it in school, or watching it on television.

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Using Parallelism with Pairs Using Parallelism with Pairs When two ideas are included, they must be parallel. –Tourists enjoy air shows on military bases and displays of armor in museums. –Tourists enjoy viewing air shows on military bases and to examine displays of armor in museums. Revision:Revision: –Tourists enjoy air shows on military bases and armor displays in museums. –Tourists enjoy viewing air shows on military bases and examining armor displays in museums.

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism 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.

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Checking for Parallelism Check items listed in a series. –Use a parallel grammatical structure for all items. coordinating conjunctionsCheck places where coordinating conjunctions are used.

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises In the 18th century, Franz Mesmer treated patients by using iron magnets and hypnosis. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises People accused him of being a magician and that he was a fraud. Error Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises People accused him of being a magician and a fraud. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Today hypnosis is used in dentistry, in obstetrics, and when having minor surgery. Error Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Today hypnosis is used in dentistry, in obstetrics, and in minor surgery. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises 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 Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises However, hypnotic subjects can readily confuse events that really happened with imaginary events. Error Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises However, hypnotic subjects can readily confuse real events with imaginary events. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Fear, stress, and feeling anxious seem to be factors in increasing physiological pain. Error Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Fear, stress, and anxiety seem to be factors in increasing physiological pain. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Hypnosis can quiet the mind by slowing heart rates, lowering respiration rates, and it reduces blood pressure. Error Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):

©2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Sentence Skills, Form A, 7E Parallelism Parallelism Review Exercises Hypnosis can quiet the mind by slowing heart rates, lowering respiration, and reducing blood pressure. Correct Judge whether the following sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.): sentence is correct. (Click to see the answer.):