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WRITING SKILLS What do you notice about the following sentences? Copy in your notebook

What do you notice about these sentences? Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson uses practice time to improve his technique, understand his opponent, and bond with his teammates. Macklemore uses rhyme to entertain fans, comment on society, and express himself.

These sentences have parallel structure. Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson uses practice time to improve his technique, understand his opponent, and bond with his teammates. Macklemore uses rhyme to entertain fans, comment on society, and express himself.

Parallel structure is … (write this definition) A sentence that has a grammatical or structural similarity so that elements of equal importance are equally developed and similarly phrased for emphasis In other words, parallel structure expresses similar ideas in the same grammatical form.

Before and after Before parallel structure: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson uses practice time to improve his technique. He also uses it to understand his opponent. He also uses it to bond with teammates. With parallel structure: Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson uses practice time to improve his technique, understand his opponent, and bond with his teammates.

Now you try it! Choose one character from a book, movie or TV show. Write a sentence about the character and use parallel structure. If you need help, review the examples in your notes.