Which of the following edits improves the parallelism of the following sentence? three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, takeout is efficient, and you don't have to cook. a. people like takeout for the convenience and it's fast and you don't have to cook. b. three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that it's fast food, takeout is efficient, and there's no cooking. c. three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, it's efficient, and the cooking is done for them. d. three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, the experience is efficient, and the cooking is done for them

The correct option is D) “Three reasons that people enjoy takeout are that the food is fast, the experience is efficient, and the cooking is done for them.”

Parallelism is a writing resource that adds cohesion to a text. Parallel structures follow the same pattern and grammar structure. In this case, the author is enumerating reasons using the pattern “subject+ verb to be+ object”. The subject shares the same structure in the three examples “the food, the experience, the cooking”.

In the other examples, there is always a break in the pattern.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the correct answer is video games and fast food.

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