Parallel structure is the use of the same grammatical structure in a text: the correct answer is A. It does not matter then whether this structure has articles, complex phrases or adverb-verbs, as long as the structure of two or more sentences is the same! <span />
"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry. The piece tells the story of a young married couple who each sell a cherished item in order to purchase a gift for the other