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☆☆☆☆☆there are 11 methods of paragraph development. They are:
*definition
*comparison & contrast
*details
*illustration
*analogy
*repetition
*cause and effect
*elimination
*question and answer
*enumeration
*combined method
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Physics and Geometry
It is when two rays or a line segment can go on and on without touching.
Parallelism refers to sentence structures that include similar word or phrase patterns.
Sentence and list structure
Parallelism is about consistency, and having all the parts in the same form.
In a sentence, compound verbs or other words should be in the same form.
Example : "He sang and was dancing all night" is improper if you actually mean "He was singing and dancing all night". Similarly, "He had finished and went upstairs" mixes two different tenses, and is improved as "He finished and went upstairs" or "He had finished and gone upstairs".
A things-to-do list might read :
Reading to the kids at the library
Singing with the choir
Make sure to buy MILK!!!
Volunteering at the hospital
Parallelism would require changing the third item to "Buying Milk (remember!). You retain the meaning, and have made your list parallel in structure.
A preposition introduces a subordinate clause to the main clause of the sentence.
For example, both 'to the main clause of the sentence' and 'of the sentence' are subordinate clauses. The words 'to' and 'of' are prepositions. Subordinate clauses written by themselves are not complete sentences. The main clause is still a complete sentence without the subordinate clause.
A preposition introduces a subordinate clause.
The main clause of the sentence.
The sentence.
Items in a series, coordinating ideas, and repetition.
The definition of "personification" is "a physical entity typifying an abstraction." A synonym is embodiment.
Be cautious of word repetition unless it is used as a tool to create impact.
The seeds will be digested.
Keep coordinating ideas in similar forms =]
kept in similar forms.
Classification
Division
A number that can be expressed as the ratio of two integers is called a rational number. It is in the form a/b.
The lawyer ran to the courthouse, was wondering about her case, and eventually decided to eat lunch.
All of them are correct
The mailman delivered apples, bananas, and coconuts.
All of the above
