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noun

  • A rhetorical and grammatical principle requiring that two or more words, phrases, or clauses in a series have the same grammatical form to create balance and clarity.

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“You need to have a parallel structure at the White House that’s capable of anticipating those attacks, responding to those attacks,” he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2022

If there’s any spark of optimism in this grim prognosis for our survival, it’s implied by the novel’s parallel structure: We’ve adapted before.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

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  • syntactic symmetry
  • structural consistency
  • rhythmic phrasing
  • sentence harmony
  • grammatical echo

Possible Antonyms

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  • grammatical mismatch
  • broken rhythm
  • faulty parallelism
  • structural chaos
  • clunky phrasing

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