EXERCISE 37 Single-Element Parallel Series—Part I
Now it’s time for you to apply the lesson. Once you’ve tried simple parallelism, you’ll
start to see opportunities to add parallelism to your writing during revision.
Write five sentences that contain verb series (at least one with a surprise in the
final verb).
Write five sentences that contain noun series (at least one in the subject position
and one in the object position)
EXERCISE 38 Single-Element Parallel Series—Part II
Now it’s time to attempt all three of the series types we’ve just studied.
a) Write three sentences that contain adjective series.
b) Write three sentences that contain adverb series.
c) Write three sentences that contain preposition series.
d) Write three sentences that combine two of these series.
EXERCISE 39 Multiple-Element Parallel Series
Complexity returns in these four series. The bonus for you as a writer is that they will
help ensure that readers will f nd your sentences easy to follow.
a) Write three sentences containing adjective-noun series.
b) Write three sentences containing subject-verb series.
c) Write three sentences containing subject-verb-object series.
d) Write three sentences containing verb-preposition-object series.
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