M5: Parallelism in Writing

• it is imperative as a writer to consider the balance of the texts we input in terms of their form and structure. This is what we call parallelism in writing. Words, phrases, and clauses should have an equal grammatical structure. Noun to noun, adverb to adverb, verb to verb, and so on. Parallelism is also called parallel structure or parallel construction
• Parallelism in writing prevents awkwardness, promotes clarity and enhances writing style and readability
• Parallelism is used to balance nouns with nouns, prepositional phrases with prepositional phrases, participles with participles, infinitives with infinitives, clauses with clauses.
• Parallelism is used with elements joined by coordinating conjunctions
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  Parallelism is used with elements in lists or in a series.

  Parallelism is used with elements being compared.

  Parallelism is used with elements joined by a linking verb or a form of be
• Parallelism is used with elements joined by linking words
• Parallelism is used with elements in lists or in a series.

  Parallelism is used with elements being compared.

  Parallelism is used with elements joined by a linking verb or a form of be