The colors in her art project included splotches of brown, patches where it was yellow, and green streaks everywhere. This is a parallel.
Our favorite pastimes are spending time at the library, to ride around through the countryside, and huge banana splits to share. This is not parallel
That tribe of Native Americans was famous for weaving rugs, shaping pottery, and designing turquoise jewelry. This is parallel
Parallel structure means that the items included in a list must be in the same form, in the first case there are nouns and in the third case the list is on gerunds
The grocer didn't notice the thieves enter until it was too late.
If you were playing the piano how did the vase get broken.
The police force still had no idea how they were going to enter the strange cottage without being seen.
I believe it is the compass. It aided sailors locate the direction to which they needed to go. Even before the age of exploration, people had ships capable of long voyages. As the years pass, the designed improved to an extent that they can travel farther.
Fluster: to put into a state of busy confusion
