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Which statement from FDR's speechless uses parallel structure?
C. American ships have been sunk; American airplanes have been destroyed. Hope I helped.
C. American ships have been sunk; American airplanes have been destroyed. Hope I helped.
The correct answer is C) "American ships have been sunk; American airplanes have been destroyed."
Parallelism is a figure of speech in which sentences or phrases hace the same grammar structure.
Parallelism is achieved when the same grammar pattern is follow in sentences.
In this example, both are simple sentences with a the same subject pattern (American ships-American airplanes) and also with the same verb tense pattern (present perfect "have been sunk-have been destroyed.)