Parallel structure is the repetition of a grammatical pattern.
Romeo Montague is the embodiment of...
- romantic idealism, passionate intensity, and adolescent rebellion. Extract the core words to get "idealism, intensity, rebellion". This list follows the pattern "noun, noun, noun".
- romance, passionately intense and raging with adolescent rebellion. Extract the core words to get "romance, intense, raging". This list follows the pattern "noun, adjective, verb".
- romantic idealism, passionate, intensity, and adolescent rebelling. Extract the core words to get "idealism, passionate, intensity, rebelling". This list follows the pattern "noun, adjective, noun, verb".
- romance and idealism - passionate, intense, an adolescent rebel. Extract the core words to get "passionate, intense, a rebel". This follows the pattern "adjective, adjective, noun".
Only the first choice repeats a grammatical pattern. Therefore the correct answer is Choice A.
The sentence: (c.) The children enjoy climbing on the playground equipment, is a sentence that uses the word climbing as a gerund. That is because climbing is directly appointed or connected to the playground equipment. A gerund is a word that is in the form of verb but acting as a noun.
Zuri Ross’s dog or cat is the completer subject
One of the functions of myths is D. <em>To teach lessons</em>. Myths help us understand reality. Myths are an attempt to explain reality and to guide human beings through life. They also provide patterns of thought.
Answer:
Your answer would be "to be chief".
Explanation:
"To be chief" is an infinitive clause which functions as the direct object of the transitive verb <em>likes. </em>An infinitive is a verbal consisting of the particle <em>to </em>plus a verb. In this case, the transitive verb <em>to like</em> selects two arguments: the NP <em>he </em>and the infinitive clause <em>to be chief. </em>In this way, it is possible to say that the inifinitive clause functions as an noun phrase. NPs usually occupy the direct object position.
