Parallelism is putting like things in like ways. Using the same grammatical structure for parallel ideas or parts. Practice | Answers
Nominalization
A nominalization occurs when a writer turns a strong, active verb (a base verb) into a clunky, weaker noun. Practice | Answers
Modifiers
In English, descriptive words and phrases outside the main or base-clause sentence tend to modify or relate to the part of the sentence closest to them. Placing them elsewhere in the sentence can cause ambiguity and sometimes hilarious sentences. Practice
Active and Passive Voice
In the active voice, the subject performs the action, and the verb is strong and active. In the passive voice, the subject does not perform the action of the verb but is acted upon by some other agent or by something unnamed, and the addition of some form of the "to be" verb weakens the sentence. To determine whether a sentence is in active or passive voice, ask the question, "Who is doing what to whom?"Practice | Gettysburg Address
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