English language learners, this is a brief presentation to help you recall relevant information about parallel structures.

1. What is it?
What is its purpose?
How do you use it properly?
Why do we need to learn about it?
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He likes
She likes

2. Parallelism
Similar representation
Enhanced communication
Aligned structures
Improved clarity
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3. 3
They are (adjective)
We are both
The house was
eloquent, elegant and intelligent
confused and amused
bright, spacious and beautiful
She can either (verb)
You should neither
We must not only
go now with you or leave later with me
smoke nor drink
write but also rewrite
I own (noun)
He likes to read
She has read about
a house, a car and a bicycle
non-fiction, comedy and drama
innovation, presentation, communication
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4. 4
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clarity
alignment