Why do writers use parallel structure?

 

Select one:

 

Writers never use parallel structure

For clarity and style

To be grammatically incorrect

To help with spelling

Partner B: At length, watching the sea-gulls in the air - the only creatures that were sure of liberty - he thought of a plan for himself and his young son Icarus, who was captive with him.

Little by little, he gathered a store of feathers great and small. He fastened these together with thread, molded them in with wax, and so fashioned two great wings like those of a bird. When they were done, Daedalus fitted them to his own shoulders, and after one or two efforts, he found that by waving his arms he could winnow 3 the air and cleave it, as a swimmer does the sea. He held himself aloft, wavered this way and that with the wind, and at last, like a great fledgling, ${ }^4$ he learned to fly.

Without delay, he fell to work on a pair of wings for the boy Icarus, and taught him carefully how to use them, bidding him beware of rash adventures among the stars. "Remember," said the father, "never to fly very low or very high, for the fogs about the earth would weigh you down, but the blaze of the sun will surely melt your feathers apart if you go too near."

For Icarus, these cautions went in at one ear and out by the other. Who could remember to be careful when he was to fly for the first time? Are birds careful? Not they! And not an idea remained in the boy's head but the one joy of escape.

 

2. Based on the above paragraph, what can you predict is going to happen next? Provide one piece of evidence (quote) that makes you think that.

Essay Prompts :

1. Reflecting on your reading of Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and Charlotte Perkins Stetson's "The Yellow Wallpaper," compare the lives of each narrator, the authors' purposes in writing these stories, and identify their overall themes. What was most harmful to the narrator's sanity in each story? Whose fate was worse? Explain your answer thoroughly, using at least 1 citation from each story to support your analysis.

2. Based on your reading of Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," consider whether Ambrose Bierce was effective in conveying our inability as humans to accept death, even if it is reasonably expected. Then consider your reading of the Lieber Code, and discuss whether Peyton Farquhar's death is justified? Defend your answer using one (1) piece of textual evidence from the story, and one (1) piece of evidence from the Lieber Code document shared with you.

Be aware that you will receive a $20 \%$ score reduction on the final draft submission if you complete any of the following:

- Use Contractions (can't, shouldn't, couldn't, etc.)

- Use 1st or 2nd person pronouns (I, me, my, you, we, etc.)

- Use leading phrases such as "in conclusion," "my next point," etc.

17. The verb are succeeding is

a. in the indicative mood

b. in the third person, singular number

c. a compound verb

d. in the emphatic form

 

PART V. Select the correct answer for each sentence.

18. Martin and Sabrina both read this book, but neither

a. has written his

b. have written their

c. write their

d. have been writing a

19. Samantha, along with her parents, ________ Rome 

a. have visited

b. will be visiting

c. do visit

d. has visited

20. A pack of wolves ________ at a distance.

a. were seen

b. was seen

c. is seeing

d. have been seen

21. Neither he nor his brothers ________ the keys.

a. has found

b. have found

c. finds

d. founded