We are launching a new series to encourage and inspire writers of all kinds. One of the best techniques in writing is parallelism. It makes us remember certain points in the manuscript. It's sort of like getting across a meaning or emphasis a sentence. It adds balance to smooth out the sentence and flow.
Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. Parallelism examples are found in literary works as well as in ordinary conversations.
This method adds balance and rhythm to sentences giving ideas a smoother flow and thus can be persuasive because of the repetition it employs. For example, “Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts.” We see the repetition of a phrase that not only gives the sentence a balance but rhythm and flow as well. This repetition can also occur in similar structured clauses e.g. “Whenever you need me, wherever you need me, I will be there for you.
It is used in a variety of literary works.
Poetry
John Donne’s
“Good we must love, and must hate ill,
For ill is ill, and good good still;
But there are things indifferent,
Which we may neither hate, nor love,
But one, and then another prove,
As we shall find our fancy bent.”
Charles Dickens
Tale of Two Cities
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
It creates a harmony of ideas in a literary work. One of the most invaluable tools that will strengthen your work.
Assignment: Write three parallel sentences.
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