Which of the following sentences uses parallelism effectively? a. the red sox fans screamed, yelled, and were applauding wildly. b. laura spent all her time gardening and arranging flowers, when she wasn't in a shoe store to shop. c. the large plant-eating dinosaurs were quite slow, rather stupid, and extremely hungry. d. the report was good because it was factual and offered many details.

The sentence which uses parallelism effectively is, 'The large plant-eating dinosaurs were quite slow, rather stupid, and extremely hungry.'

Option C.

Explanation:

When two or more phrases or clauses in any sentence have similar grammatical structure, that is when parallel structures are formed. Parallelism is simply the similar construction of any sentence.

For example, the line ‘The large plant-eating dinosaurs were quite slow, rather stupid, and extremely hungry’ is a parallel structure. We can see that the sentence is written in an effective way. The words ‘slow’, ‘stupid’, and ‘hungry’ are adjectives which describes the dinosaurs, thus creating a balance.

The other mentioned examples on the other hand doesn’t use parallelism effectively.

i love romeo and xo

it is a!

not b because i don't see how this would make them look dangerous..

not c because that just doesn't make sense..

and not d because this too doesn't make sense, it does not really put the audience on edge in my opinion.

a makes the most sense, romeo's statement that in staying to speak to juliet he is risking his life, leads the audience to worry about his safety. obviously if he says that if he stays, he will be at risk, so of course this makes the audience worry for his safety!

answer is a) romeo's statement that in staying to speak to juliet he is risking his life, leads the audience to worry about his safety.