Learn to use parallelisms

Recognize parallel structures in each of the following sentences and underline them.

1. A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.

2. There are no victories without conflicts, no rainbow without a cloud and storm.

3. A house without books is like a room without windows.

4. Youth is not a time of life—it is a state of mind. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt.

5. The purpose of the university is to make students safe for ideas—not ideas safe for students.

教师解析

1. A moment’s insight; a life’s experience.

2. no victories without conflicts; no rainbow without a cloud and storm.

3. A house without books; a room without windows.

4. a time of life; a state of mind; as young as your faith; as old as your doubt

5. students safe for ideas; not ideas safe for students