2019-08-19 Writing: parallelism

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: rewrite your paragraph to fix all of the mistakes. You can email your paragraph to me (or send me a picture of what you wrote)
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Parallelism / Parallel Structure: using the same grammatical structure in lists
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In lists within a sentence, parallelism is grammatically correct. (If you don’t use parallel forms, it’s incorrect.)
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Handout part A (p. 29) - With your partner, identify the item in each list that is NOT parallel. If you can, fix it so that it is.
1 boat rides -> boating (boat riding / riding boats are also acceptable)
2 They are digging for clams. -> They dig for clams.
3 his eyes -> [preposition] his eyes
4 painting pictures -> [noun] (e.g. “paintings”)
5 sadly -> sadness
6 into the Rolls Royce -> driven in a Rolls Royce (need a past participle)
7 strong -> strength
8 fly -> flew
9 eating meat pies -> meat pie stand
10 in the fall -> [adjective] in the fall
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part B - Rewrite the sentences to make them parallel.
1 Tom enjoys swimming and skating. / Tom likes to swim and skate.
2 He wore a green suede jacket, a flowered shirt, and multicolored platform shoes.
3 At 16, I was wild, outspoken, and uncaring. / I was a wild, outspoken, and uncaring person.
4 The work was difficult and dangerous.
5 ...roles: wife, mother, student, worker
6 When the teacher left the room, I talked loudly, fought with my classmates, threw paper airplanes, and even climbed on the desks.
  ...room, I would talk loudly, fight with my classmates, throw paper airplanes, and even climb on the desks.
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Homework: p. 31-32 practice - Choose at least 5 of the 15 sentences and complete them with parallel information.