Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

Correct as is.Change “practiced” to “were practicing.”✔ Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; Selection 1: Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; Selection 2: Change to “my father muttered instructions.”; Selection 3: Correct as is.

Question 2

What is the effect of the coordinating conjunction in the second sentence?It gives equal weight to the ideas of unfair taxation and denial of a voice in government.It makes the phrases of the sentence run parallel to each other grammatically.It shows that unfair taxation is the primary concern of the sentence.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It gives equal weight to the ideas of unfair taxation and denial of a voice in government.

Question 3

Question 4

Revolt · Accepted Answer

My father, my instructor for the day, picked me up.

Question 4

In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the [___], while ”and“ is the [___].

Revolt · Accepted Answer

subordinating conjunction; Selection 1: subordinating conjunction; Selection 2: coordinating conjunction

Question 5

Look at the model highlighting. How much of your highlighting matches the model?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

all

Question 6

What is the effect of Henry’s parallelism in this passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It emphasizes and connects his points to one logical conclusion.

Question 7

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the , while ”and“ is the .: subordinating conjunction; In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the , while ”and“ is the .: coordinating conjunction

Question 8

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Change to “my father muttered instructions.”; ”Today was my first time behind the wheel. My father was my instructor for the day, and he picked me up. We were reviewing road signs and practiced turn signals before we started . I turned on the eng: Correct as is.

Question 9

Correct as is.✔ Change to “my father muttered instructions.”Change to “instructions muttered my father.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Change to “my father muttered instructions.”

Question 10

✔ Correct as is.Change “checked” to “checking.”Change “crept” to “creeping.”

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ Correct as is.

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