Answer:
small amount is the meaning of little.
I think you're talking about a participal phrase.
Ex:Awakened by the blaring horns,Aaron looked out the window.
Parallel structure: means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance in the sentence
so maybe ... " but the good introduction she had been writing all night did not meet her standards "
I'm not 100% sure on my parallel structured ending suggestion.lol
Answer:
I don't know if you have this options but if you have this option I did the one that starts with though a form of the sweet treat dates back to the 1400s...
Hope this helped! ;) <3