Parallel StructureParallelism in sentences refers to matching grammatical structures. Elements in a sentence that have the same function or express similar ideas should be grammatically parallel, or grammatically matched. Parallelism is used effectively as a rhetorical device throughout literature and in speeches, advertising copy, and popular songs.
I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son.—Edward Gibbon
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.—Joseph Addison
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sinith in the seat of the scornful.—The Book of Psalms 1:1
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.—John F. Kennedy |
