RW-SEC-07 · Standard English Conventions

Parallelism and logical comparisons

Form, Structure, and Sense · Stage 2

01 · Key idea

Items in a list should have matching grammatical forms.

Build on: RW-SEC-04

02 · Worked example

Revise: “The device is compact, efficient, and it is durable.”

This teaching example is original and is not an official SAT question.

Reasoning

Make all three descriptors adjectives.

Answer

The device is compact, efficient, and durable.

03 · Next step

Practice questions remain in English, as on the SAT.

RW-SEC-07 · Parallelism and logical comparisons