Active Voice
Coherence
Conciseness
Parallel Structure
Precise Words
Sentence Rhythm
Strong Verbs
Unity
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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.
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