Question

Which of the following shows correct parallel structure? (2 points) Select one: a. Romeo Montague is the embodiment of romantic idealism, passionate intensity, and adolescent rebellion. b. Romeo Montague is the embodiment of romance, passionately intense and raging with adolescent rebellion. c. Romeo Montague is the embodiment of romantic idealism, passionate, intensity, and adolescent rebelling. d. Romeo Montague is the embodiment of romance and idealism-passionate, intense, an adolescent rebel.

Answer 1

Parallel structure is the repetition of a grammatical pattern.

Romeo Montague is the embodiment of...

1. romantic idealism, passionate intensity, and adolescent rebellion. Extract the core words to get "idealism, intensity, rebellion". This list follows the pattern "noun, noun, noun".
2. 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".
3. 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".
4. 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.