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
An author who uses more informal diction knows he is writing for an audience of varied intelligence
The answer is D. Nearing the end, Romeo hears that Juliet is dead and so he goes to buy poison from this guy, and after the "funeral", he sneaks into the tomb and cries and stares, not knowing that she had taken something to make it seem like she is dead. When she wakes up, he had already drank the poison and she, being devastated, grabs his knife and stabs herself in the chest.
