Question

(1) Have you ever felt envious of another person's situasion and how that person views the world? (2) The speaker of Billy Collins's poem "Christmas Sparrow" feels envious, not of another person, but of a sparrow. (3) Through vivid imagery, Collins suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and what it feels like to be free.
Which revision of sentence 3 correctly uses parallel structure?

a. Through vivid imagery, Collins suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and what it feels like to escape a trap and be free.
b. Through vivid imagery and comparing a person to a sparrow, Collins suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and what it feels like to be free.
c. Through vivid imagery, Collins suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and freedom.
d. Through vivid imagery, Collins suggests a connection among the concerned speaker, trapped sparrows, and what it feels like to be free.

Answer 1

The best revision of sentence 3 that correctly uses parallel structure is "... suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and freedom," as in option C.

What is parallel structure?

We say we have parallel structures in a sentence when one type of grammatical structure is repeated. For example, suppose you want to list the activities you did over the summer by saying, "I went surfing, swimming, and fishing." The sentence contains parallel structure since it uses -ing for all activities.

After analyzing sentence 3, we can notice the lack of parallel structure. While "speaker" and "sparrow" are nouns, "and what it feels like to be free" is a clause. To revise the sentence and correctly use parallel structure, we must change that clause into a noun as well.

Therefore, the best option is letter C. Changing the clause for the noun "freedom" corrects the use of parallel structure, "Through vivid imagery, Collins suggests a connection among the speaker, sparrows, and freedom."

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