Parallelism




 * Definition:: **//Parallelism// is an arrangement of the parts of a composition so that elements of equal importance are balanced in similar constructions. This arrangement may be applied to words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or complete units of compositions.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Dore_ridinghood.jpg/250px-Dore_ridinghood.jpg width="317" height="410" align="right" caption="Little Red Riding Hood"]]

Examples from the text include:

“Grandmamma, what great arms you have got!” “That is the better to hug thee, my dear.” “Grandmamma, what great legs you have got!” “That is to run the better, my child." “Grandmamma, what great ears you have got!” “That is to hear the better, my child.” “Grandmamma, what great eyes you have got!” “It is to see the better, my child.” “Grandmamma, what great teeth you have got!” “That is to eat thee up.” →Little Red Riding Hood ( Charles Perrault) "That night I saw the owl on a branch outside of my window." "...that night it [the falcon] was on the branch outside of my window." "The next day we found three mockingbirds, and that night they were all there on the branch, facing my window." →NPR 3 Minute Stories

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