Which revision of the underlined sentences creates a
parallel structure within the paragraph?
kelsey is an engineering student at lafayette college in
easton, pennsylvania. for her senior project, she and
her team are designing a robotic device to children
with disabilities play a musical instrument. they selected
the recorder. the recorder has several advantages over
other instruments. the recorder is plastic, making it low
cost and durable. the recorder is small, allowing it to be
held easily. another advantage is that many people are
familiar with the recorder. so children feel more
comfortable playing it.
o because the recorder is familiar, children feel
comfortable playing it.
o
the recorder is familiar, children feel more
comfortable playing it.
o people are familiar with the recorder, which creates
comfort for children.
musical instruments need to feel comfortable to
children if we expect them to try to play.

c

explanation:

for parallel strcture to work, all of the words have to be in the same tense. for example: i like diving, drinking, and also to bike. that would not work.

i like diving, drinking, and biking works.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)