Explain parallelism and how parallel structure is created in writing.

Parallelism is a literary device that consists in the addition of the same grammatical structure in each sentence and/ or in the repetition of a phrase, clause or word in a sentence. Parallelism is a key element in persuasive techniques, it allows to emphasize on specific ideas, to contrast and create a relation between two or more ideas, and to deliver clear messages that the audience can easily process.

Parallel structures in writing are created by arranging the ideas in a clear way and respecting the structure of each sentence following the same pattern to create balance and rhythm, a few examples are:

for this case, we must find the number of deaths per day of the year 2015, in automobile accidents, knowing that 32,400 people died.

knowing that the year 2015 had 365 days we have the following division:

where "x" represents the number of deaths per day.

rounding off we have:

approximately, 89 people per day died in 2015

answer:

89 people per day