2) Choose TWO sentences that would benefit from improved use of parallel structure.
A)
Coming down the sidewalk at a breakneck pace,
Jimmy knew he would have to make a decision soon.
B)
As the stand rapidly approached, he closed his eyes,
made his choice, and was praying for a good result.
He could also try to swerve around the stand, he
C) could veer to the left, and try the difficult jump over
the curb.
He could hit the brakes on his scooter, try to skid to a
D) stop, and avoid the little girl's lemonade stand he
saw ahead.
E)
Avoiding injury, maintaining his speed, and keeping
the girl's lemonade stand upright were his goals, but
he didn't know how to achieve them.

because he is using a description to provide evidence to support his argument.

hope this could

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

i wonder if it is possible to place reagans testimony and paragragh 18, so we can compare and contract the ideas in the text.