This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on correcting Parallel Sentence Structure using Correlative Conjunctions.

Young scholars compose found and parallel poems based on a descriptive passage they have chosen from a piece of literature they are reading.

A list of ten situations where writing should be parallel. Each contains a link to additional information.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn about Sam's three tricks: parallel structure, the rhetorical question, and transitional words and phrases.

This lesson focuses on parallel structure including how to recognize parallel structure, when parallel construction is important, and how to correct faulty parallelism. It provides examples of each and links to exercises and a final quiz.

Inspired by the opening events in The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman, students are asked to create an original parallel world that is similar to ours but different in certain ways. They will focus on the similarities and differences...

A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.

After textbook and online instruction in parallel construction, students examine "Lincoln's Gettysburg Address" and the Declaration of Independence for parallelism before writing their own paragraphs.

This entry focuses on avoiding shifts when writing sentences including shifts in verb tense, mood, number, person, discourse, and sentence structure. It provides explanation and examples of each type of error and explanation and examples...

This detailed resource provides a good tutorial on writing style, whether informal or formal. It explains how to get style through word and sentence choice and includes lots of examples. W.9-10.1d & W.9-10.2e Style/tone/conv,...

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...

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.

Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.

Practice strategies for evaluating and revising parallel structure in an essay.

This lesson discusses the importance of parallel construction in pairs. Parallel sentences with comparisons or contrasts are included in the lesson. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Parallel Structure in Pairs." L.9-10.1a Parallelism

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

This resource presents many examples of awkward and faulty parallelism which could be used for a class writing exercise, as well as for a guide to constructing correct sentences.

Capital Community College provides this 9 question quiz to test your knowledge of solid sentence writing. Each answer will be explained when you hit the "Submit application," button at the end of the quiz.

Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...

This lesson focuses on strenthening sentences in compositions by combining sentences, varying sentence length, using active voice, and using parallel construction. It provides examples and a practice exercise.

Learn about correlative conjunctions and how to use them while considering agreement and parallel structure.

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.

This is a list of links to grammar usage exercises/quizzes including verbs, subject-verb agreement, pronouns, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parallel structure, modifier placement, and miscellaneous usage errors.

This is an introduction to a unit on the use of rhetoric in speaking or writing to persuade an audience to the desired way of thinking or action. If focuses on rhetorical techniques and the three audience appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos.