Which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism?

1points
a
friar lawrence is primarily a serious character, while the nurse provides comic relief.

b
a happy outcome seems possible at many moments during the play romeo and juliet.

c
audiences laugh loudly at shakespeare’s comedies, but his tragedies evoke sorrow.

d
readers associate juliet with beauty, mercutio with wit, and tybalt with hostility.

2. which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism?

1points
a
romeo falls in love, marries juliet, kills tybalt, and poisons himself.

b
romeo and paris both love juliet, but each reacts in his own way to her supposed death.

c
the ending of the play implies that in the future, the two families will be friends.

d
friar lawrence cannot control events, and the nurse is equally incapable of the lovers.

Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

This parallelism can be found in:

a) Antithesis is a kind of parallelism in which two opposite ideas are put together in parallel structures.

b) Diazeugma,” in which a single subject is connected with multiple verbs

In this sense, the sentences that contain similar sound, meaning and meter are:

(Part A)

A. Friar Lawrence is primarily a serious character, while the Nurse provides comic relief. (Antithesis)

C. Audiences laugh loudly at Shakespeare’s comedies, but his tragedies evoke sorrow. (Antithesis)

D. Readers associate Juliet with beauty, Mercutio with wit, and Tybalt with hostility. (with is repeated)

Part B,

A. Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself (Diazeugma)

B. Romeo and Paris both love Juliet, but each reacts in his own way to her supposed death.

D. Friar Lawrence cannot control events, and the Nurse is equally incapable of helping the lovers

answer: the correct answer is b. an essay that connects the writer's experience with a topic of significance and of reader interest.

explanation: the key words are here "personal experience" since personal essays give insights about peoples' experiences in life and introduce us in their unique world that can be or not to related to our lives but interests us because we are human beings and share the same condition universally.