or find similar with horizontal lines – or rotate:
Activity
Directions: With your partner, brainstorm three words or phrases to describe each person. Then follow the directions below.
example:
| a good friend | ||
| good listener | doesn’t judge | peaceful |
A good teacher
A successful student
A poor teacher
A poor student
My ideal friend
My ideal life partner
Next, write a sentence to describe each person, using parallel structure. Try the example sentence with your instructor first.
Parallel structure helps to make our writing flow. When we use parallel structure, our writing becomes clearer and more effective. Our readers can easily “go with the flow,” rather than having to work to navigate through our sentences.
Which river looks harder to navigate? You want to give your readers a smooth, straight pathway to follow with no bumps or turns to distract/discourage them.
https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/writingcenter/handouts/grammar/parallel.pdf
https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/moduleparallel.htm
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/styleguide/chapter/parallel-structure/
flick image: (parallel lines): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
