Answer:
A.
Explanation:
A gerund is a verb that ends in -ing and is used as a noun. Gerunds have several uses and serve as the subject of a sentence, as a complement, or even as the object.
An example of a gerund used as a subject:
- Stargazing is an activity that must be done at night.
An example of a gerund used as a complement:
- My favorite activity is cooking.
An example of a gerund used as an object:
- We absolutely love fishing.
Answer:
Line 30 in the poem suggests that there was a war that was about to be waged in Xanadu.
Explanation:
"Kubla Khan" is one of the most celebrated incomplete poetry in literature. It is written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poem is a fragment of the dream or vision that he saw but could not write the full dream as he remembered only a part.
In line 30, the speaker said that he heard the ancestral voices of war. If the poem would have been written completely, or if the story would have continued there would have been a war waged on Xanadu. The beauty of Xanadu state would have been completely shattered with the war.
Line 30:
<em>"Ancestral voices prophesying war!"</em>
Answer: Below, the bold words indicate prepositional phrases. Only these sentences contain prepositional phrases
The man in the house seemed to be asleep.
The soldiers crept cautiously through the tunnel.
I was informed that the bus would arrive in 45 minutes.
Explanation:
Prepositions are connecting words that act like bridges (For example with, after, in, to, between, around, beneath, under etc) . Preposition can show things like time place and movement. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that beings with a preposition and ends with the object of the preposition.
The prepositional phrase is "on a high shelf" since ON is a preposition.
Verbal irony<span> is a figure of speech. The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what he says. The different sorts of discrepancy between the meaning of what is said and what is in fact on the particular occasion meant with it give rise to different kinds of verbal irony</span>
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