Understanding Parallelism in Writing

This video lesson from Mometrix covers the concept of parallel sentence construction, also known as parallelism. It explains how repeating grammatical structures in a sentence can add balance, rhythm, and clarity. The lesson provides several examples to illustrate how sentences can be improved by ensuring grammatical consistency. By the end of the video, viewers will understand how to apply parallelism to enhance sentence readability and structure.

What is the main focus of the lesson introduced in the video?

• Graphing parallel lines

• Learning about conjunctions

• Writing parallel sentences

• Understanding sentence fragments

What is parallelism in writing?

• Repeating a grammatical structure throughout a sentence

• Writing in passive voice

• Using different grammatical structures

• Avoiding the use of conjunctions

Why is parallelism important in writing?

• It makes sentences more complex

• It removes all conjunctions

• It adds balance and rhythm to sentences

• It makes sentences longer

In the first example, what was the issue with the sentence 'Mary enjoys walking, hiking, and to boulder'?

• It lacked parallelism

• It was too short

• It used too many conjunctions

• It was in passive voice

How was the sentence 'Mary enjoys walking, hiking, and to boulder' corrected?

• By adding a conjunction

• By adding more activities

• By changing 'to boulder' to 'bouldering'

• By removing 'walking'

In the second example, what was the problem with 'She likes to walk, hikes, and climbing'?

• It was too long

• It lacked parallel structure

• It used incorrect verbs

• It was missing a subject

How was the sentence 'She likes to walk, hikes, and climbing' corrected?

• By removing 'to walk'

• By changing 'hikes' to 'hiking'

• By adding more verbs

• By changing all verbs to infinitive forms

What was the issue with the sentence 'She walking, to hike, and climbs on the weekends'?

• It lacked parallelism

• It was in passive voice

• It was too short

• It used too many conjunctions

How was the sentence 'She walking, to hike, and climbs on the weekends' corrected?

• By changing all verbs to present tense

• By adding more activities

• By changing 'walking' to 'walks'

• By removing 'to hike'

In the final example, what was wrong with 'This weekend, Mary has enough time for walks but not climbing'?

• It lacked parallel structure and a word was missing

• It used incorrect verbs

• It was missing a subject

• It was too long