Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism in Writing
An explanation and examples of using parallelism in writing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallel Structure With Clauses
An explanation of how to use parallel structure with clauses.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism With Prepositions
An explanation with examples of using parallel structure with prepositions.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: The Item in a Series
This site is concerned with writing any kinds of items in a series. It verbally and graphically illustrates parallel structure, and shows how to punctuate a series.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Parallel Form
This site from the Capital Community College defines the term and gives many examples of faulty parallelism and the corrected version of sentences. Includes links to a couple of quizzes at the bottom of the page. "Most of the...
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Bellevue Community College: Writing Lab: Parallelism [Pdf]
A printable guide with explanations and examples of sentences with and without parallel structure. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] L.9-10.1a Parallelism
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Parallel Sentence Structure Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure.
Towson University
Towson University: Parallel Sentence Structure (W/ Correlative Conj) Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure using Correlative Conjunctions.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Parallelism
A list of ten situations where writing should be parallel. Each contains a link to additional information.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Impact of Rhetorical Devices
This slideshow focuses on the impact of rhetorical devices and how they impact text. It explains eight common rhetorical devices: anaphora, asyndeton, chiasmus, direct address, hyperbaton, parallelism, polysyndeton, and rhetorical...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Transitions Between Ideas
This tutorial teaches writing students how to share convincing in well-written sentences that are connected from one to the other--that is, they exhibit transition. W.9-10.1c cohesion/clarity/reason, W.9-10.2c cohesion/clarity/trans
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Miscellaneous Usage Errors Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting sentences with Miscellaneous Usage Errors.
Other
Instruct Uwo: Module 6 Sentence Structure and Style
This site discusses several characteristics of writing: coordination, subordination, parallelism, and sentence variety. Each section includes a brief discussion with examples. There are also quizzes and additional links for each section.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details: Practice 3
Practice strategies for evaluating and revising parallel structure in an essay.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)
Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: 10th Grade Grammar
This article focuses on what grammar 10th graders need to know to be successful in the upper grades and college. These include the following: parts of speech, sentence structure/syntax, types of sentences, types of clauses, parallelism,...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning
In this lesson, we will discuss how an author's syntax reveals meaning and makes ideas stay with the reader. Practice exercises are included.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details: Practice 3
In this lesson, you will practice using parallelism by recognizing parallels, seeing possibilities for parallels, and creating parallel constructions. Learn to use parallelism in your writing, and you will find it to be your most useful...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details
In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
Vancouver Island University
Malaspina: Punctuating Quotations Exercise
Passage B - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the grammar, punctuation, parallelism, and format for titles. Passage C - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the style and correct quotation mark errors.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 1: Recognizing Parallel Structure
A twenty-question quiz that asks students to choose which sentences are correct and which have errors in parallel structure.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:namib: The Sidewinder and the Sidewinder
Define the concept of parallelism using the Sidewinder of the desert Southwest and the Sidewinder of the Namib. Illustrate the tracks left by the unusual adaptation of the Sidewinder of the Namib.