Question

Popes: by the end of the Middles Ages, they had become too powerful. They had also become too influential. Finally, they had become too wealthy by the end of the Middle Ages as well.Which of the following sentences successfully uses parallelism to revise this passage? A.By the end of the Middle Ages, the popes had become too powerful and influential. They had also become wealthy.

B.The popes had become too powerful, too influential, and wealthy by the end of the Middle Ages.
C.By the end of the Middle Ages, the popes had become powerful, influential, and too wealthy.
D.By the end of the Middle Ages, the popes had become too powerful, too influential, and too wealthy.

Answer 1

Answer: Choice D

Explanation: Choice D correctly parallelizes the sentence.

Answer 2

D

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence in option D correctly uses parallelism, and it is an appropriate revision for the passage. The reason is that parallelism requires a construction with the same grammatical pattern in the sentence. The sentence flows; it starts with an adverb phrase indicating the period it happened, then describes how the subject becomes, by using the same pattern: adverb too accompanying each of the adjectives (powerful, influential, and wealthy.