Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Professional handlers have winches and pulleys and special vehicles to transport piles like the one the man now dragged up the slightly inclining driveway. In the passage above, the writer uses parallel structure to link _____. words phrases dependent clauses independent clauses

Answer 1

Answer is D. Independent clauses

Answer 2

The answer is actually A. words

Step-by-step explanation:

The words that are linked using parallel structure are "winches," "pulleys," "vehicles," and, "piles" in the sentence "Professional handlers have winches and pulleys and special vehicles to transport piles . . ."

Parallel structure- expressing similar or related ideas in the same grammatical pattern.