Choose the sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout.
A. As Elliot climbed the temple steps, he could see the marketplace stretching out before him: merchants hawked goods, families browsed stalls, and gossip was spread by teenagers.
B. As Elliot climbed the temple steps, he could see the marketplace stretching out before him: merchants hawked goods, families were browsing stalls, and teenagers spread gossip.
C. As Elliot climbed the temple steps, he could see the marketplace stretching out before him: merchants hawked goods, families browsed stalls, and teenagers spread gossip.

The sentence that maintains a parallel structure throughout is "As Elliot climbed the temple steps, he could see the marketplace stretching out before him: merchants hawked goods, families browsed stalls, and gossip was spread by teenagers".

What is parallel structure?

In grammar, parallel structure, sometimes referred to as parallelism is the arrangement of identical phrases or clauses with the same grammatical structure within one or more sentences.

In the sentence, same grammatical structure can be seen such as the use of past tense in phrases "merchants hawked goods", "families browsed stalls", and "gossip was spread by teenagers".

Thus, the sentence contains parallel structure

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