Marcy is running for student body president. Which sentence in this excerpt from her campaign speech uses parallel structure?
Hi, I’m Marcy! Many of you know me from your ninth grade classes. I’m running for student body president because I know I can make a positive difference for you, my fellow students, and for the school. I think I will make a good president because I am honest, trustworthy, and I’m behaving responsibly. I will set a good example for the school. I have many plans for the student council, such as making the council more organized, to ensure everyone has a voice, and I’ll be managing meetings more efficiently. I will take your suggestions into consideration and try to implement as many as possible. I will convince the school board to install vending machines with healthier snacks in the school cafeteria and ensuring that they review the cafeteria lunch menu to include healthier meal options. A healthy student body is a happy student body! I also plan to organize more school dances and give my fellow students more opportunities to interact socially.

Respuesta :

I also plan to organize more school dances and give my fellow students more opportunities to interact socially.


Parallel structure is when the sentence has the same grammatical structure throughout. This mostly occurs in lists. In this sentence Mary has two items she is talking about. She uses the same verb structure for each item when she says "plan" and "give".


Mary has man other sentences that are not parallel. " I can make a positive difference for you, my fellow students, and for the school." This should be "for you, for my fellow students, and for the school. " I am honest, trustworthy, and I’m behaving responsibly." This should be honest, trustworthy, and responsible. "..such as making the council more organized, to ensure everyone has a voice, and I’ll be managing meetings more efficiently." This should be making the council more organized, ensuring everyone has a voice, and managing meetings more efficiently. "convince the school board to install vending machines with healthier snacks in the school cafeteria and ensuring that they review the cafeteria lunch menu to include healthier meal options." The verbs should be in the same form convince and ensure.

While she does have a parallel structure to her sentences when she starts with I will followed by an action, your question asks for a specific sentence with parallel structure.

Answer:

I also plan to organize more school dances and give my fellow students more opportunities to interact socially.

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