As you read, you should be on the lookout for an author’s use of parallel constructions. It is by seeing how other authors use these constructions that you will learn best how to use them yourself.

The following activity will sharpen your skill in identifying parallels. Once you identify the parallel construction, you can notice how it is used.

There is at least one, and sometimes more than one, parallel construction in each of the following passages. The parallel structure may involve words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. See if you can highlight the part of the passage that is parallel. Click on the bracketed sections you think are parallel constructions.