Question

question 6 of 20
which sentence is the best example of parallelism?

a. \hand me one of those candles!\ the groundskeeper yelled.

b. do yourself a favor by doing your best and doing your duty.

c. the car fought me for a bit before settling into a calm purr.

d. the house is as big as a castle and as spacious as an open prairie.

Explanation:

Parallelism involves using similar grammatical structures. Option B has "doing your best" and "doing your duty", both in the "doing + your + noun" structure. Option A is a direct quote, C uses personification, and D is a simile with different structures for "big as a castle" and "spacious as an open prairie" (different adjectives and nouns), so B shows parallelism.

Answer:

B. Do yourself a favor by doing your best and doing your duty.