Question

Which of the sentences below uses parallel structure?

In the story, the protagonist faced conflicts, including falling off a boat, he was held captive, and running for his life.

In the story, the protagonist faces conflicts, including a fall off a boat, being held captive, and a life-threatening chase.

In the story, the protagonist faced conflicts, including falling off a boat, being held captive, and running for his life.

None of the above.

Answer 1

In the story, the protagonist faced conflicts, including falling off a boat, being held captive, and running for his life. Falling, being, and running are all in the same tense.

Answer 2

Answer: C) In the story, the protagonist faced conflicts, including falling off a boat, being held captive, and running for his life.

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 one that contains an example of parallelism, is the corresponding to option C, because the list of conflicts are all in the same grammatical structure (falling, being and running).