1. Which of the following is an example of a sentence with parallel structure?

Mrs. Jones has been running, walking, and jumping around for 45 minutes now.

One may come across many obstacles when creating a masterpiece of research writing; however, they may continue to flourish with new ideas each day.

Mrs. Jones has been running, walk, and jumped around for 45 minutes now.

None of these sentences are good examples of parallel structure.

2. The thesis statement serves what purpose in an essay?

Prepares the reader for what the body paragraphs will be discussing.

Provides an interesting fact or piece of information.

Ties the hook to an interesting story to be told at the end of the essay.

All of the above.