Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

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In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the , while ”and“ is the .: subordinating conjunction; In the second sentence, ”As long as“ is the , while ”and“ is the .: coordinating conjunction

Question 2

Read through the passage, and decide whether each sentence is written in a parallel structure. If not, correct the sentence with a choice from the drop-down menu.

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

Question 3

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.

Question 4

coordinating conjunction✔ subordinating conjunction

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B: ✔ subordinating conjunction

Question 5

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 6

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

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A: all

Question 7

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 8

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 9

✔ coordinating conjunctionsubordinating conjunction

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A: ✔ coordinating conjunction

Question 10

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

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A: ✔ Correct as is.

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