Coordination, subordination and parallelism all present ways to combine ideas in a variety of sentence structures and so are all stylistic elements. Coordination combines ideas of equal importance with semicolons or conjunctions such as "and" and "but." Subordination indicates time, place or causal relationships through subordinate conjunctions such as "although," "if" or "because." Parallelism requires items in a list to use the same grammatical structure, such as writing "walking, talking and speaking," all -ing words.
Other stylistic elements focus on word choice. Selecting concise language helps make your ideas clearer, such as writing "because" rather than the vague and wordy "due to the fact that." Using the most effective tone to convey meaning is another stylistic element. Passive voice indicates the subject is being acted upon, such as in the sentence, "The wall was painted by the mother." Active voice typically conveys ideas more clearly and powerfully, such as, "The mother painted the wall." Stylistic elements also include figures of speech such as comparisons, repetition of sounds or letters and repetition of words or phrases to emphasize them. "That boy is a bear in the mornings" and the Gettysburg Address's repetition of the phrase "of the people, by the people, for the people" are examples of such elements.