Read this sentence. the wind blew, the leaves shook, and the birds flew away. which best describes the structure of this sentence? oa. this sentence places the object before the verb. ob. this sentence places each verb before its subject. oc. this sentence uses a parallel structure but flips the position of thewords. od. this sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs.

D. This sentence uses parallel subjects and verbs.

Explanation:

Parallelism refers to a quality of sentences in which each section of a sentence follows a similar structure. In this example, the sentence places the subject (wind, leaves, birds) before the verbs (blew, shook, flew). Moreover, all the verbs are presented in the simple past. This shows that the sentence employs parallelism, which increases its clarity and readability.