Font Paragraph
Styles
PART 2A → Review what you know about faulty parallel structure (also know as faulty
parallelism) and then identity and fix faulty parallelism problems in the following sentences. (To
identify the problem, highlight, circle, or underline the part of the sentence where the error
occurs.)
1) I cannot think of anything more wonderful than being respected by your peers, taking
courses you enjoy, and to be a member of one of your school's teams.
2) I prefer to watch basketball than playing it myself.
3) Voluntary simplicity may be either regarded as a consumer's choice or a trendy manner
of consumerism.
4) To write an expository essay means exploring and explaining a topic.
I
5) In an argument essay
writer must not only defend his

Instructions: the following argument argues for advertising to children. read the argument and answer the question that follows: topic and question advertising: should companies be allowed to advertise to children? ineffective argument i think that advertising to children is necessary. how else will we know what we can buy? i think that children are not aware of the products that are available. most children don’t own cars and can’t drive to stores to look around. the only way we know what we can buy is by seeing advertisements on tv. my friend really likes advertisements, too. he said, "how will we know what to buy if we don’t see advertisements? " seriously, children are consumers, too. we know what we like and we ask our parents to buy these products for us. i know that i like certain cereals, but how would i know that if i did not see advertisements? i love those commercials! kids are people, too. why is the argument ineffective? in a paragraph of 7–10 complete sentences, explain why the following parts of the argument are ineffective, and how they can be improved: claim support conclusion clincher point of view transitions