Select each correct answer. More than one answer may be correct.

Which three sentences correctly use parallel structure?

A. When things go wrong, Carl tends to brood for hours and to blame others.

B. After watching some TV, I was talking to my daughter and read e-mail.

C. The school was closed not only because of the snow and ice but also because of the lack of heat.

D. The ice was a greater problem for the electrical power company than for the natural gas company.

Three sentences which correctly uses parallel structure are:

A.When things go wrong, Carl tends to brood for hours and to blame others.

B. After watching some TV, I was talking to my daughter and read e-mail.

C. The school was closed not only because of the snow and ice but also because of the lack of heat

Option A, B and C.

Explanation:

Parallel structure or parallelism in grammar is a balance between one or more sentences which connects clauses with conjunctions such as: but, for, and, yet. Parallel structure mostly comprises of a list of items or actions with equal grammatical units. For example: Every morning, I make my bed, have breakfast, and feed the dog. In this example we can see that each action is listed in a parallel structured.

From the mentioned options, we can see that option A, B, and C are parallel structures where each action uses equal grammatical units along with proper usage of coordinating conjunction.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

1.the hosts on two opposing mountains stood,  

2.thick as the foliage of the waving wood;  

3.between them an extensive valley lay,  

4.o'er which the gleaming armour pour'd the day,  

5.when from the camp of the philistine foes,

6. dreadful to view, a mighty warrior rose; in the dire deeds of bleeding battle skill'd,