Parallel Structure Quiz 2

Parallel Structure allows the writer to improve their writing by organizing their thoughts clearer.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which is an example of parallel structure?

• Kim likes to sing and dance
• Amara loves to sing, to act, and to dance.
• They like to go swimming in the summer.
• The soap smelled like cherries and vanilla.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

How does parallel structure help?

• Parallel structure helps organize ideas, making the text easier to comprehend.
• It adds a good effect for autobiography novels.
• Parallel structure makes reading fiction stories easier, because it explains signposts.
• It doesn't.

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Does this sentence use parallel structure?
The children capped their pens, started to zip their backpacks, and stood up to leave.

• No, it does not.
• Yes, it does.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

When you are comparing items in a list, you should use parallel structure.

• No, you shouldn't.
• Yes, you should.
• Why would you ever use parallel structure?

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which of the following sentences uses parallel structure?

• Marrying Major Boundy meant leaving her family and traveling all over the world.
• Marrying Major Boundy meant to leave her family and travel all over the world.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following does NOT use parallel structure?

• Many people mistakenly think that being wealthy is the same thing as to be happy.
• Many people mistakenly think that being wealthy is the same thing as being happy.
• Many people mistakenly think that to be wealthy is the same thing as to be happy.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Which sentence uses parallel structure?

• We enjoyed water skiing much more than swimming in the lake.
• We enjoyed water skiing much more than when we swam in the lake.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which sentence uses parallel structure?

• Hearing her sing in person was ten times better than hearing her on the radio.
• Hearing her sing in person was ten times better than if you heard her on the radio.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Lines r and s are parallel.
Which of these is a pair of alternate interior angles?

• 4 and 5
• 1 and 3
• 1 and 5
• 3 and 5

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CCSS.8.G.A.5