Sarah is drafting a preparation outline, and she maintains parallel structure in her main points.In this case, her main points are parallel in structure if:
A)all her main points start with an active verb.
B)her main points are in the form of paragraphs.
C)there are not more than two main points.
D)all her main points follow a variety of sentence structure.

Question

Sarah is drafting a preparation outline, and she maintains parallel structure in her main points.In this case, her main points are parallel in structure if: 
A)all her main points start with an active verb.
B)her main points are in the form of paragraphs.
C)there are not more than two main points.
D)all her main points follow a variety of sentence structure.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Parallel structure refers to using the same grammatical form for items in a list or series. In this case, if all the main points start with an active verb, they would be parallel in structure. Option B, the form of the main points being in paragraphs, has nothing to do with parallel structure. Option C restricts the number of main points, and option D allows for a variety of sentence structures, neither of which necessarily ensure parallelism.

Sarah Is Drafting a Preparation Outline, and She Maintains Parallel