Of the following headings from a report, _____ violates parallelism of construction.

A) "Leading position of the East"
B) "Runner-up status of Midwest"
C) "Third position for Far West"
D) "Rapidly gaining South ranks fourth"
E) "Last position for Mountain States"

Parallelism

Parallelism is the use of components in sentences that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

East

A cardinal direction, typically associated with the direction from which the sun rises in most geographical locations.

Midwest

A geographical region in the United States known for its central location and characterized by a mix of urban and rural areas.