When making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, be sure to use fill in the blank with the words that best illustrate parallel structure. a) creamy peanut butter, grape jelly, and white bread b) a clean knife, peanut butter and smoothing on the peanut butter. c) long strokes to spread the peanut butter and smearing the jelly on top of it. d) a clean knife, a full jar of peanut butter and smoothing on the peanut butter.

The correct answer is A. Creamy peanut butter, grape jelly, and white bread

Explanation:

A parallel structure or construction is when different phrases or clauses have the same grammatical structure and therefore are in balance. This implies, in a parallel structure you use the same grammatical structure to relate a set of items to another phrase and show they all have the same importance. In this case, "creamy peanut butter, grape jelly, and white bread" follow a parallel structure because all the elements are presented in the same way; an adjective of the element such as "creamy, grape and white" is first presented and the element is named "peanut butter, jelly and bread" also, all the elements are separated by commas or "and" which implies all of them have the same level of importance, finally the elements are presented in the same order of the first sentence, which also creates a balance between both phrases. Thus, sentence A follows a parallel structure because all elements follow the same grammatical pattern (Adjective+noun), all elements have the same importance and are related in the same order than in the first sentence.

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)