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Identify whether the sentence is PARALLEL or FAULTY.Gasping for air, kicking her feet, Blake swam to the nearest island for hours.

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Identify whether the sentence is PARALLEL or FAULTY.Gasping for air, kicking her feet, Blake swam to the nearest island for hours.

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The sentence is PARALLEL. It maintains a consistent grammatical structure throughout. The actions "Gasping for air" and "kicking her feet" are both present participles that describe what Blake is doing as she "swam to the nearest island for hours."

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