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Learning O bjective
With Lists
When you are comparing items in a
list, use parallel structure.
Example
Not Parallel: John Taylor needed to go
to the store to get milk, and he also had
to buy eggs, and he was going to get
oranges too.
Parallel: John Taylor needed to go to the
store to get milk, eggs, and oranges.
Sam ple Item
A. Eileen bought new shoes for the party, a gold charm for
her mother, and to treat her best friend Maria to lunch.
B. Eileen decided to buy new shoes for the party,
purchasing a gold charm for her mother, and treating
her best friend Maria to lunch.
C. Eileen
Eileen purchased
purchasednewnewshoes
shoesforfor
thethe
party,
party,
a gold
a gold
charm for
charm forher
hermother,
mother,and
andlunch
lunchforfor
Maria,
Maria,
herher
bestbest
friend.
friend.
Item s in a series m ust have
parallelstructure.
Shane , , and .
Shane , , and .
H ere is an exam ple:
Shane , , and .
Shane , , and .
The problem looks like this:
Lets see
how you
perform!
A parallelism item on an
objective test m ight look
like this ...
Item 1
A. During
Duringclass,
class,Samuel
Samuelspent
spent
hishis
time
time
flirting
flirting
with
Brittney,
with Brittney,
eatingeating
candy,candy,
and doodling
and doodling
on the on
assignment
the assignment
sheet.
sheet.
B. During class, Samuel spent his time flirting with
Brittney, he ate candy, and doodling on the
assignment sheet.
C. During class, Samuel spent his time to flirt with
Brittney, to eat candy, and doodling on the
assignment sheet.
Item 3
A. The manager
managerwanted
wantedstaff
staffwho
whoarrived
arrived
on on
time,
smiledsmiled
time, at the customers,
at the customers,
and didnt
and snack
didnt
on
the chicken
snack on the
nuggets.
chicken nuggets.
B. The manager wanted staff who arrived on time,
would be smiling at the customers, and would
not be snacking on the chicken nuggets.
C. The manager wanted staff who arrived on time,
smiled at the customers, and no snacking on
the chicken nuggets.
Item 5
A. After
After giving
givingJeremy
Jeremyher her
phone
phone number,
number, Felicia
Felicia
had
to tolerate
had to tolerate
his late
hisnight
latecalls,
nightstupid
calls,conversations,
stupid
and requests for and
conversations, her math
requests
homework.
for her math
B. homework.
After giving Jeremy her phone number, Felicia had
to tolerate
B. After givinghis late night
Jeremy calls, the
her phone fact that
number, he had
Felicia
carried
to tolerate
on his
stupid
lateconversations,
night calls, theand
factrequests
that he for
her math
carried onhomework.
stupid conversations, and requests for
C. her
Aftermath
giving
homework.
Jeremy her phone number, Felicia had
to tolerate
C. After givingbeing
Jeremywoken up latenumber,
her phone at night, Felicia
havinghad
stupid
to conversations,
tolerate being woken and
uphe constantly
late requested
at night, having
her math
stupid conversations,
homework. and he constantly requested
her math homework.
Q uick Test,Part 2
Now try a
different
type!
Item 6
A. he looked good
B. being good looking
C. one handsome man to look at
D. handsome
handsome
Item 9
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