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1. ever since albus dumbledore won the lottery, he spends most of his time shopping, partying, and traveling.
2. as a young girl, audre lorde enjoyed reading poetry and to write her own verse.
3. to preserve african american culture and to celebrating women of color, lorde founded the kitchen table:

women of color press.

1. lorde worked as a librarian and was teaching early in her career.
2. before her death, lorde had documented her fourteen - year battle against cancer in “the cancer journals”

and wrote a series of essays compiled in, “a burst of light.”

1. lorde believed in living honestly and to have compassion for the oppressed.
2. the students were more interested in dates with girls than in studying math.

section two: directions - choose the option that maintains parallel structure in the sentence.

1. when delores realized that her father had made lima beans and rice for dinner, she ______, claimed

to feel nauseous, and excused herself from the table. the bag of state popcorn in her room would tide her
over until breakfast.
a. clutched her stomach b. was clutching her stomach c. did clutch her stomach

1. not only did hank despise the way june chewed with her mouth open, ______ finding her wet towels

over the bathroom floor.
a. but also disliked b. but also disliking c. but he also disliked

1. to protect her delicate hands, fran will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ______.

a. refuses to scrub the bathtub b. wont scrub the bathtub c. scrub the bathtub

1. when diane takes her beagle for a walk, santana enjoys sniffing for edible garbage, ______, and

lunging at squirrels.
a. howls at bicyclists b. howling at bicyclists c. she howls at bicyclists

1. after amanda cashes her paycheck, the money goes to her savings account, cappuccino fund, and

______.
a. paying her credit card bill b. toward her credit card balance c. credit card balance

Explanation:

Question 16

Step1: Analyze parallel structure

The sentence has verbs "claimed" and "excused", so we need a verb in past tense (simple past) to be parallel.

Step2: Evaluate options

• Option A: "clutched her stomach" is simple past, matches "claimed" and "excused".
• Option B: "was clutching" is past continuous, not parallel.
• Option C: "did clutch" is emphatic past, not parallel to simple past verbs here.

Step1: Analyze parallel structure with "not only...but also..."

The first part has "despise" (verb), so the second part needs a verb in past tense to be parallel. The structure "not only + clause, but also + clause" requires parallel verb forms.

Step2: Evaluate options

• Option A: "but also disliked" – "despise" (present in structure but context is past? Wait, "despise" here is past (did despise), so "disliked" is past, and structure: "not only did Hank despise... but he also disliked..." Wait, the original options: A. but also disliked, B. but also disliking, C. but he also disliked. Wait, the correct structure for "not only...but also..." when using clauses: "Not only did Hank despise..., but he also disliked...". Wait, maybe I misread. Let's recheck. The sentence: "Not only did Hank despise the way June chewed with her mouth open, ______ finding her wet towels all over the bathroom floor." The first part: "did Hank despise" (past tense verb), the second part needs a verb phrase that is parallel. The correct structure is "not only + [clause with verb], but also + [clause with verb]". So "but he also disliked" (option C) – wait, no, "not only did... but also did..." but often "but he also..." to make the clause. Wait, maybe the options: A. but also disliked (missing subject), B. but also disliking (gerund, not parallel to verb), C. but he also disliked (has subject "he" and verb "disliked", parallel to "did despise"). Wait, maybe I made a mistake earlier. Let's correct. The first clause: "Not only did Hank despise..." (subject Hank, verb despise in past tense form with "did"). The second clause should have subject "he" and verb "disliked" to be parallel. So option C: "but he also disliked" is correct. Wait, but let's check again. The original sentence structure: "Not only [clause 1], [conjunction] [clause 2]". Clause 1: "did Hank despise..." (inverted order, subject Hank, verb despise). Clause 2 should have subject "he" and verb "disliked" to be parallel. So option C is correct.

Step1: Analyze parallel structure with "not...or..."

The sentence has "will not rake the yard, do the dishes, or ______". The verbs "rake", "do" are base form (after "will not" and "or"), so we need a base form verb.

Step2: Evaluate options

• Option A: "refuses to scrub the bathtub" – "refuses" is present tense, not base form, and structure is wrong.
• Option B: "won't scrub the bathtub" – "won't" is "will not", but the first part is "will not rake... do... or", so we need base form, not "won't".
• Option C: "scrub the bathtub" – base form, parallel to "rake", "do".

Answer:

A. clutched her stomach

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