Exploring Parallel Structure in Writing

Avoiding repetition of words

Writing without using conjunctions

Repetition of grammatically similar elements

Using the same verb tense consistently

William Shakespeare

Mark Twain

Frederick Douglass

Jane Austen

Nouns

Verbs

Adjectives

Adverbs

'They went home and slept.'

'He was fast, and she was slow.'

'Isn't this like condemning the robbed man because...'

'She likes cooking, dogs, and to read.'

By making sentences shorter

By adding complexity and rhythm

By using fewer adjectives

By simplifying sentences

Dreams and reality

Youth and age

Past and present

Justice and injustice

It confuses the reader

It lengthens the text unnecessarily

It clarifies the writer's intent

It weakens the argument

Eating, sleeping, dancing, having

Eating and to sleep

Dancing and having fun

Eating and sleeping

Complex vocabulary

Varying tenses

Consistent grammatical form

Different lengths

To simplify the language used

To reduce the length of the text

To confuse opposing arguments

To enhance the musicality and impact