Question

Read the sentence
Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist, and he also wrote essays.
Which revision most effectively corrects the faulty parallelism in the sentence?

1. Walt Whitman, an American, not only wrote poetry but also essays and newspaper stories.
2. American Walt Whitman wrote poetry as well as writing for newspapers and essays.
3. Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist, and essayist.
4. American poet Walt Whitman wrote for newspapers and also essays.

Answer 1

2 is wrong, because it literally says:
"He wrote poetry and he wrote writing for newspapers...."

No.4 says:
"He wrote for newspapers and for essays."

so there are two possibilities left - number 1 or 3.

(I'm 14 years old and live in thet middle Europe, so I still don't speak English very well, but I tried it) :)

Answer 2

I would probably go with 3

Answer 3

Thanks