Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

Correct as is.Change “practiced” to “were practicing.”✔ Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”

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C: Change “were reviewing” to “reviewed.”

Question 2

In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the , while ”and“ is the .

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B: subordinating conjunction

Question 3

Look at the model highlighting. How much of your highlighting matches the model?

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A: all

Question 4

What is the effect of Henry’s parallelism in this passage?

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A: It emphasizes and connects his points to one logical conclusion.

Question 5

Correct as is.✔ Change to “my father muttered instructions.”Change to “instructions muttered my father.”

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B: Change to “my father muttered instructions.”

Question 6

Question 6

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A: coordinating conjunction

Question 7

✔ Correct as is.Change “checked” to “checking.”Change “crept” to “creeping.”

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A: Correct as is.

Question 8

What is the effect of the coordinating conjunction in the second sentence?

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A: It gives equal weight to the ideas of unfair taxation and denial of a voice in government.

Question 9

How could you rewrite sentence 2 to include a nonrestrictive element?

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B: My father, my instructor for the day, picked me up.

Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure Answers