Revising for Parallelism Parallel Sentence Structure

Revising for parallelism 1 Lesson 16: Conjugating Verbs Applying articles Revising for parallelism 1

1. There are many types of plays, including drama, tragedy, and comedy 1. There are many types of plays, including drama, tragedy, and comedy. Correction: change comical to comedy and make all categories the same

2. Plays may be presented in theatres, open-air spaces, empty stores, or school auditoriums. Correction: omit second in or use it in front of each item listed.

3. A play should be an exciting, entertaining, and meaningful experience for the audience. Correction: add an as the article for the entire series and eliminate a

4. Reading a script is easy, but making a script into a production is challenging. Correction: conjugate all verbs similarly = reading and making

5. Even a play having only one act and two characters requires much cooperative effort. Correction: re-arrange wording

6. A director’s work consists of analyzing the play, casting the roles, working with technicians, and supervising the entire production. Correction: conjugate the verbs similarly

7. Actors must understand their roles, determine their characters’ feelings and motivations, and decide how to move and speak. Correction: omit second must

8. Besides actors, the artists include a scenic designer, lighting designer, and costume designer. Correction: shift the article to stand for the entire series.

9. The lighting designer arranges multicolored lights to illuminate a scene and support its mood. Correction: Conjugate all verbs to be the same. Change support to supporting.

10. When various productions of the same play are compared, one may notice vast differences in lighting, in scenery, and in sound effects. Correction: repeat the word in

Revising for parallelism Ii Lesson 17: Same grammatical forms used in a series: words, phrases, or clauses Balance with Correlative Conjunctions Revising for parallelism Ii

1. Audiences won’t enjoy a play that is boring, long, or confusing.

2. A successful director can not only recognize a good script but also bring that script to life.

3. Actors are, of course, critical to a play’s effectiveness and success.

4. Good actors take care both in speaking their lines well and in using even the smallest of gestures.

5. A makeup artist can change an actor’s appearance through the application of color and shadows or the use of devices such as beards, scars, and wigs.

6. Understanding emotions and portraying them effectively are critical to actors. Correct

7. A costume designer researches the time period in which the drama is set, designs costumes for the actors that are true to the period, and supervises the manufacture of the clothing.

8. The designer’s work must both reflect and support the action, time period, mood, and theme of the play.

9. Drama critics should be people who are familiar with many types of plays and who have well-developed artistic taste.

10. Drama critics must not only form their own opinions about a play but also be mindful of the message that the director, cast, and designers are trying to convey.