For parallelism, look for opportunities to arrange what so they look equal?

• A. elements.
• B. quotes.
• C. syllables.
• D. paragraphs.

Answer: (A)

Parallelism means balancing the items in a series so they share the same form. When a sentence presents a list or series, you want the parts to look equal by using the same grammatical structure for each item. That’s why the thing you arrange to look equal are the elements—the items in the parallel structure.

For example, you can keep everything as gerunds: reading, writing, and sailing. Each item uses the same form. If you mix forms—like “reading, to write, and sailing”—the pattern breaks and the sentence sounds off because the forms aren’t equal.

Other options don’t fit because quotes, syllables, or paragraphs aren’t about matching grammatical forms in a series. Quotes handle dialogue, syllables count sounds, and paragraphs are blocks of text; none directly address making the list parts look the same.