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Parallel Structure (Construction)

means that a pair or series of items have the same form.  

The usual way of using parallel structures

with the use of coordinating such as and or or.

Parallel or Not Parallel

Justin was excited about inviting friends over, eating a good meal, and playing a game of cards.

Parallel

reason: inviting, eating & playing all ends with -ing.

Parallel or Not Parallel

When the weather outside is cold and windy, I like to be indoors.

Parallel

reason: cold and windy are adjectives

Parallel or Not Parallel

Researchers study superbugs, they probe their weaknesses, and they hope to find new treatments. 

Not Parallel

reason: the sentence structure is not balanced

correct form:

Researchers study superbugs, probe their weaknesses, and hope to find new treatments.

Parallel or Not Parallel

Inez heard the phone ringing, answered it, and is taking a message.

Not Parallel

reason: the sentence is not balanced; the words heard, answered, and taking should be all past tense

correct form: Inez heard the phone ringing, answered it, and took a message.

It is used to tell and to prove that something or the statement is true.

Affirmation

It is used to declare that a given statement is false, or negative.

Negation

Affirmation words

• absolutely, alright, avowedly, certainly, clearly, definitely, doubtlessly, exactly, obviously, yes, positively, sure, surely, truly, undoubtedly, affirmatively, positively

Negation words

• contradictorily, almost, invalidly, never, no, not, rarely, scarcely, nowhere, no longer, I’m sorry, words ending with n’t such as haven't

He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry".

Geoffrey Chaucer

Who are the two main characters of the knight’s tale?

Arcite and Palamon

a duke of Athens

Theseus

Who captured Thebes (place) and took Palamon and Arcite as Prisoners

Theseus the duke of Athens

An Amazonian queen

Hippolyta

Theseus sister-in-law

Emelye

New ruler of Thebes

Creon

Who helped Arcite get out of prison?

Perotheus

Theseus condition

Arcite would never set a foot on Athens again

How many years did Palamon stay in prison?

7 years

How did Palamon escape?

He put narcotics and opium in the guard’s drink and hid in the woods.

What was Arcite’s dream about?

Mercury instructs him to go to Athens.

What happened to Arcite after he went to Athens?

He serves in Emelye’s household and became close to Theseus

What is Arcite disguise?

Philostrate

What happened when Arcite encountered Palamon in the woods?

They had a duel between them.

What did Theseus do?

He interrupts the duel and proposes a tournament where they would bring 100 knights to fight instead in exchange for Emelye’s hands.

What did Theseus prepare for the tournament?

He built a grand stadium with temples to Diana, Mars, and Venus.

What did Palamon, Arcite, and Emelye pray for?

Palamon prays for him to be married to Emelye at the temple of Venus, Emelye prays to remain a virgin but will willingly marry the man who will win at the temple of Diana, and Arcite prays for victory at the temple of Mars.

What happened to Arcite?

He won the tournament but his horse got struck by a bolt of lightning so he fell, hit his head, and died.

What happened to Palamon?

After Arcite died he was declared the winner and got to marry Emelye.

Who told the story of the Miller’s Tale?

The Drunk Miller

What was the miller’s tale all about?

a tell about how a clerk made a fool of a carpenter

Who is the old carpenter?

John

The pretty wife of the old carpenter

Allison

A clever student who pursued Allison

Nicholas

Allison’s suitor

Absalon

What was Allison and Nicholas’s plan to fool John?

They told him about a prophecy of a terrible flood and while John is preparing they sneak out.

What did Absalon ask for when he found Allison?

a kiss

How did Allison and Nicholas do to trick Absalon?

Allison made Absalon kiss Nicholas’s butt from the window.

What did Absalon do when he returned?

He asks for another kiss but this time (aware of the fact that Nicholas will trick him again) he brings a hot iron and sticks it on the window when he saw Nicholas.