Parallelism

Example: She likes dancing, singing, and painting.

Example: She likes dancing, singing, and painting.

Explanation: This sentence uses parallelism in a list of gerunds (dancing, singing, painting), which are all verb forms ending in -ing, used as nouns.

Example: He is not only an exceptional athlete but also a brilliant student.

Explanation: This sentence uses parallelism with the correlative conjunction "not only... but also." Both "an exceptional athlete" and "a brilliant student" are noun phrases that maintain parallel structure.

Example: The dog ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and dashed into the woods.

Explanation: This sentence shows parallelism in a series of verb phrases. Each verb phrase (ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, dashed into the woods) has a similar structure: a verb followed by a prepositional phrase.

Example: To succeed in life, you need to work hard, stay focused, and remain persistent.

Explanation: This sentence uses parallelism in a series of infinitive verb phrases (to work hard, to stay focused, to remain persistent). Each phrase has the same structure: "to" followed by an adjective and a verb.

Example: She was both a talented musician and a gifted painter.

Explanation: This sentence uses parallelism with the correlative conjunction "both... and." The parallel structure is maintained with the adjective-noun pairings (talented musician, gifted painter).