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Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:23:23 PM   
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Does anyone have an inventive/fresh idea for a class presentation that would clearly illustrate the concept of parallelism in writing?

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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:25:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Fresh... like parallelism in rap lyrics...?   Take the oldest advice, write about something you really like.  The 'new' ideas have all been done to death.

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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:26:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: BossyShoeBitch

Short, sweet and to the point:
Does anyone have an inventive/fresh idea for a class presentation that would clearly illustrate the concept of parallelism in writing?


Specific genre or parallelism as literary technique?


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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:29:00 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:33:26 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:35:04 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:38:24 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:46:35 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:50:46 PM   
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ORIGINAL: BossyShoeBitch

Short, sweet and to the point:
Does anyone have an inventive/fresh idea for a class presentation that would clearly illustrate the concept of parallelism in writing?


Well, considering I barely made it out of High School (although...I did graduate in the top 10....{there were 9 of us}) I'd have to say...I don't even know what the fuck yer talkin 'bout.

Is this kind of like two people talking about exactly the same thing?

(At the same time?).

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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:53:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		..you're writing about hyperbolic figures?  Or.. well, what's "parallelism" in this usage?

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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 6:59:26 PM   
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Readings from the:
I Ching
The Book of 5 Rings

perhaps;





TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
 

And sorry I could not travel both
 

And be one traveler, long I stood

Or, there should be any number of popular tunes (don't know how old a crowd you are slavedriving here,) that you could disect as a class project. Nearly all are rife with parallelism.

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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 7:03:00 PM   
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parallelism as literary technique...


Use political stump speeches as your source material.....


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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 8:18:36 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 9:08:37 PM   
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/644/01/

Here are some examples that demonstrate how to implement parallelism in preparing employment documents. When you're done reviewing them, try the practice exercise at the bottom.

Incorrect:
My degree, my work experience, and ability to complete complicated projects qualify me for the job.

Correct:
My degree, my work experience, and my ability to complete complicated projects qualify me for the job.

Incorrect:

   * Prepared weekly field payroll
   * Material purchasing, expediting, and returning
   * Recording OSHA regulated documentation
   * Change orders
   * Maintained hard copies of field documentation

Correct:

   * Prepared weekly field payroll
   * Handled material purchasing, expediting, and returning
   * Recorded OSHA regulated documentation
   * Processed change orders
   * Maintained hard copies of field documentation

Practice

Correct the following bulleted list from a final report.

On the web page there is much wasted space which is unappealing to the viewer. Following are suggestions for eliminating the unwanted blank space:

   * Move some of the text into the blank space
   * Centering the picture
   * Centering the picture and add text to each side
   * On the right of the picture, tell a little bit about the picture (who owns the balloon, what year and where this picture was taken, etc.)
   * Have pictures that stretch the length of the screen, like with a panoramic camera
   * Or as a last resort even take the picture out



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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/22/2008 9:33:00 PM   
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RE: Presentation on Parallelism..anyone have any ideas? - 2/23/2008 4:33:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		If I understand the concept correctly, you might use as examples tales of characters who literally transform, in accordance with their inner nature and its changes: the beast in Beauty and the Beast, super heroes that transform, such as the Hulk, anime or comic book characters, various stories of Gods and Goddesses.  Then ask the participants to think of a transformative time in their lives, and to imagine what literal, physical transformation they might write for themselves, if they made that story into a manga or a fairy tale or a legend.

(Then again, I'm shaky on the concept of parallelism.)

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