Parallelism of words She tried to make her pastry fluffy sweet and delicate They tried to make their work faultless complete and perfect adjectives She tried to make her pastry ID: 184694
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Parallelism Slide2
Parallelism
of words:
She tried to make her pastry
fluffy
, sweet, and delicate.They tried to make their work faultless, complete, and perfect.
adjectives Slide3
She tried to make her pastry fluffy,
sweet
, and
with orange flavor.They tried to make their work faultless, complete
, and with colors. Faulty parallelism of words:adjectivesand noun Slide4
Parallelism
of phrases
Singing a song
or
writing a poem is joyous.Drawing a tree or painting the sea is tricky. verb phrasesing + noun phraseSlide5
Faulty parallelism of phrases
Singing a song or
to write a poem
is joyous
.Drawing a tree or to paint the sea is tricky. verb phrasesing + noun phraseand infinitive + noun phraseSlide6
Perch are inexpensive
;
cod are cheap
; trout are abundant; but salmon are best.Gold accessories are expensive; fake accessories are cheap; silver accessories are cute; but Diamond accessories are best.
Parallelism of clauses Slide7
Perch are inexpensive; cod are cheap; trout are abundant; but salmon beats them all.
Gold accessories are expensive; fake accessories are cheap; silver accessories are cute; but Diamond accessories
wear best.
Faulty parallelism of phrasesSlide8
So what is parallelism?
The word
parallelism
is derived from the word
parallel, which refers to comparison of two elements that resemble each other, or things that have equal characteristicsParallelism is the repetition of sentence structure or word order to achieve a rhythmical effect. Slide9
Parallelism in Poetry
Parallelism in poetry involves the arrangement of matching thoughts to the effect that the
relationship
between them is emphasized and their meaning highlighted.The effect of parallelism is that…sentence parts rhyme. the thoughts that these parts express are either repeated or contrasted.Slide10
Let simplify with examples:
Observe the following words:
Try to find other words that are equal in meaning to the words below.
lazy
merrysadsluggish
cheery
mournful
Sluggish
Cheery
mournfulSlide11
Use these words to express
parallel
thoughts:
The lazy and sluggish snake
Bit the merry and cheery little girl,Making her all sad and mournfulSlide12
How about whole phrases or sentence parts?
Notice the following sentence parts:
Now find expressions of the same form
The children love their teachers...
Each morning we sing... The birds are in their nests…sluggish
cheery
mournful
…and the teachers love their children.
…each morning we dance, and each morning we pray.
…and in their nests they sing.Slide13
Now join the sentences to express
parallel
thoughts:
The children love their teacher, and the teachers love their children.
Each morning we sing, each morning we dance, and each morning we pray.The birds are in their nests and in their nests they sing.Slide14
Now try to write your own poem using parallelism to make
it rhyme…