Answer:
a gerund. ... In the sentence, a gerund can be subjects, subject complement, direct objects, and objects of the preposition. Sometimes, a gerund can appear as a gerund phrase.
Explanation:
A verb that acts as a noun is called a gerund
Answer:
C) The audience would know where the father is at the end of the story.
Explanation:
C is the correct answer because in this first person narration the narrator does not know what the father is doing as supported by "I glanced in the direction of the old house, wondering if my father was in the living room, quiet and awaiting my return." but in third person we would be able to see both point of views and we'd know where the father is.
Answer:
hope this helps ( i am not very clever so if it doesn't help, please delete this answer)
Explanation:
1) "'lady, i am sorry' whisper the boy"
2) "dragging the frightened boy behind her"
These both show how the boy is scared. in the first examples, the boy whispers which show that he could be trembling. the second example, (which isn't a good example) show that he is scared of the woman. the woman seems to want the boy to be scared and she doesn't have any respect for the poor boy, this is also shown in the line "she did not release him".