Identify and construct PARALLELISM — matching grammatical structure across phrases or clauses (CCSS L.6.1.e applied; CCSS L.6.3.a)
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~8 min eng.g6.s.ex_08

Identify Parallel In Mentor Text

Prompt

In Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, find 3 parallel structures. For each: quote the passage + name the grammatical form being matched.

M-6-S-RH-EX-08-A Interactive Physical / non-image

Gettysburg Address printout with 3 quote-slots and 3 grammatical-form-naming lines. Print-ready 8.5x11.

Answer criteria
type rubric
rubric
3 parallel structures + 3 grammatical forms named = 4; 3 found, 2 forms named = 3; 2 found = 2; <2 = 1
Hints
  1. 'Of the people, by the people, for the people' — prepositional phrases.
  2. 'We cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow' — modal-verb phrases.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Identifies repetition without parallelism (no matching grammatical form).
  • Misses that parallel structures often co-occur with anaphora.
Used in lessons