Which phrase is the best example of parallelism?

a. she looked up to the sky. the sun was a blazing orange ball.
b. the snow fell softly the sky. soon, everything in sight was in a pillow of white.
c. he collected rocks, pine cones, shells, twigs, and anything else he could find outside.
d. the mud covered his hands. it covered his face. it covered his jeans.

The answer to your question would be that the best example of parallelism is the following sentence: The mud covered his hands. It covered his face. It covered his jeans.

Parallelism, aka parallel structures or constructions, is a balance between one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that also have the same grammatical structure. In the example in question, the three sentences have the same transitive verb (to cover), which selects two arguments, making all the sentences similar.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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the correct answer can either be a or b because it could be both but you should probally choose b