The real issues the legislature needs to address are what programs deserve to be funded, which initiatives must be reduced, and
"sponsoring the additional requests." Which choice would make the section in quotation marks parallel in structure to the rest of the sentence?
A) sponsoring the additional requests
B) what additional requests should be sponsored
C) deciding how they will sponsor the additional requests
D) determining the additional requests to sponsor
Answer: B) what additional requests should be sponsored.
Explanation: parallelism is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of different words or phrases in a sentence or paragraph, in order to emphasize an idea or to create an impact in the audience. From the given options, the choice that would make the section in quotation marks parallel in structure to the rest of the sentence is "what additional requests should be sponsored" because the other elements of the list, also start with a question word.
