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Marcy is running for student body president. Which sentence in this excerpt from her campaign speech uses parallel structure?

1) I think I will make a good president because I am honest, trustworthy, and I’m behaving responsibly.
2) I have many plans for the student council, such as making the council more organized, to ensure everyone has a voice, and I’ll be managing meetings more efficiently.
3) I will convince the school board to install vending machines with healthier snacks in the school cafeteria and ensuring that they review the cafeteria lunch menu to include healthier meal option

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Option 4 is the one which uses a parallel structure:
4) I also plan to organize more school dances and give my fellow students more opportunities to interact socially.

A parallel structure is a sentence that uses the same tense or form of a verb throughout. So, number 4 is the only sentence that does that - the other sentences mix a lot of forms and tenses, which shouldn't be done.
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