Allegories do three things. First, they tell a story. Allegories

also have multiple meanings. Finally, allegories offer a

moral lesson

Which best uses parallelism to revise this passage?

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A. Telling a story, having multiple meanings, and moral lessons.

These are the things allegories do

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B. Allegories tell a story, and have multiple meanings and offer a

moral lesson

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C. Allegories tell a story, have multiple meanings, and offer a moral

lesson

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D. Allegories, tell a story, multiple meanings and a moral

The answer is letter C, Allegories tell a story, have multiple meanings, and offer a moral lesson.

Explanation:

When it comes to the the English Grammar, "parallelism" refers to phrases in a sentence that shows a similar pattern. This pattern also provides a similar thought that are logically represented.

In the example sentence above, letter C is the answer because the phrases, "tell a story," "have multiple meanings," and "offer a moral lesson" are all parallel. All of these follow the correct subject-verb agreement.

Since the word "allegories" is plural, then the verb following it should also be plural (tell, have and offer).