Question

Which sentence avoids a parallelism​ problem?
A. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, it outraged the​ king, and provocative.
B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.
C. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous, and it provoked the anger of the king.
D. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous, and provocative.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.

Explanation:

                 When there are two modifiers in a sentence that are used together and is joined by a conjunction and there is one phrase in the sentence and the other is a clause with a verb, the common parallelism​ problem in a sentence arises.

                Thus the following sentence from the list avoids the parallelism​ problem :

B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.

Thus the answer is B. The Declaration of Independence was​ bold, outrageous in​ attitude, and it provoked the anger of the king.