Examine the two sentences. She stormed into the reading room, breaking everyone’s concentration. “Listen to me!”
She stormed into the reading room and yelled, “Listen to me!”
Which of the following is true of these sentences?
Select one:

Both contain dialogue tags.

The first contains an action tag; the second contains a dialogue tag.

The first contains a dialogue tag; the second does not.

Both contain action tags.

Explanation:

dialog tags dialogue tag is a speaker verb such as “Tina said.” It tells your readers which character is speaking. An action beat is something a character does. Example: ... While dialogue tags and action beats can have the same function—identifying the speaker—they aren't punctuated the same

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

answer: your option is c.

explanation: