Which of the following sentences demonstrates clear, parallel structure? a) our trip to the beach was fantastic and we did many enjoyable things including: playing in the sand, we ate at some delicious restaurants, and were able to see the sun set from a boat off shore. b) our trip to the beach was fantastic and we did many enjoyable things including: playing in the sand, eating at delicious restaurants, and watching the sunset from a cruise ship. c) our trip to the beach was fantastic and we did many enjoyable things including: playtime in the sand, we ate at some delicious restaurants, and we saw pretty sunsets. d) our trip to the beach was fantastic and we did many enjoyable things including: playing in the sand, eating at delicious restaurants, and we had a really nice time riding out into the sunset on a cruise ship.

In 1808, their friend, the romantic poet clemens brentano, asked them to collect all types of folk tales so he could use them in a book of literary fairy tales. in 1810, they sent him fifty-four texts, which they fortunately copied. fortunately, because brentano then lost the manuscript in the ölenberg monastery in alsace and never used the grimms’ texts. when they realized that brentano was not going to use the tales, they decided, upon the advice of another romantic writer and mutual friend, achim von arnim, to publish their collection. it had grown to eighty-six tales, which they published in 1812, and then another seventy, which they published in 1815. –“how the grimm brothers saved the fairy tale,” jack zipes what structural technique does the writer use in this passage? the writer describes events in chronological order. the writer describes events in their order of importance. the writer provides a central idea and then lists examples. the writer shows how the grimms made mistakes and then solved them.