Question

Identify the underlined element in the following passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

Answer 1

If the underlined phrase is Fog rolling down the river. Then it is an Absolute phrase.

An absolute phrase is a combination of a noun and a participle accompanied by modifiers or objects.

Fog rolling down the river

Noun - Fog
Participle - rolling
modifiers - down the river.