<span>A parallel construction refers to the fact that the same form of a word or phrase is used in all of its examples. So, having this in mind, the correct answer is A. being happy, being sad, being depressed, because all of these constructions have a gerund being + an adjective. The other examples aren't as uniform as the first one is, which is why they are not parallel. </span>
The simile is describing some ones noses possibly bleeding<span />
Answer:
‘ He is strong and confident even in times of trouble ‘
Explanation:
It can’t be any of the other ones, because He is being strong and telling the man to sit up straight to look more confident. Also this would be the only one that makes sense ( My opinion. ) Hope this helped! :D