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 Parallel Structure Examples

The following examples are all student examples, unless otherwise noted. Many thanks to these student writers for their conscientous work and their willingness to let others learn from their mistakes.

These examples are drawn from both freshman and advanced writing courses. Choose the ones for your class, or browse through all of them to understand the range of parallel structure.

With your editing group, identify the parallel structures and be prepared to comment on them in class.

 Loading CDRWIN - Comp 3130/50
 Foundation mission statement - Comp 3160
 Outline:Online article on sociopolitical conservation efforts - Comp 3160
 

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