USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

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What is parallelism, or parallel structure?

(A) ** Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.

(B) Style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

(C) The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

(D) The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Parallel structure (also called parallelism) is the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence. By making each compared item or idea in your sentence follow the same grammatical pattern, you create a parallel construction.

Concept note-2: -Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as “and” or “or."

Concept note-3: -Parallelism refers to the use of identical grammatical structures for related words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence or a paragraph. Parallelism can make your writing more forceful, interesting, and clear. It helps to link related ideas and to emphasize the relationships between them.

Concept note-4: -Anaphora is a type of parallelism that repeats the same word of phrase at the beginning of each sentence or successive phrase.

Concept note-5: -Parallelism is the repetition of grammatical elements in a piece of writing to create a harmonious effect. Sometimes, it involves repeating the exact same words, such as in the common phrases “easy come, easy go” and “veni, vidi, vici” (“I came, I saw, I conquered”).