Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

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.

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✔ 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.”

Question 2

✔ coordinating conjunctionsubordinating conjunction

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✔ coordinating conjunction

Question 3

Question 4

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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 4

coordinating conjunction✔ subordinating conjunction

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✔ subordinating conjunction; 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 5

What is the effect of the coordinating conjunction in the second sentence?

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

Question 6

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

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all

Question 7

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

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It emphasizes and connects his points to one logical conclusion.

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