It builds suspense as people prepare for the results. i hope this helps(:
<span>"Yet Gregor's sister was playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, following the lines of music with a careful and melancholy expression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping his head close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if the chance came. Was he an animal if music could captivate him so? It seemed to him that he was being shown the way to the unknown nourishment he had been yearning for. He was determined to make his way forward to his sister and tug at her skirt to show her she might come into his room with her violin, as no-one appreciated her playing here as much as he would."
This passage shows that he still enjoys music, which is a human trait.</span>
The detective continued to search for the missing girl.
infinitive: to search.
infinitive phrase: to search for the missing girl.
Just when he started to doubt his plan, he found the scared young girl behind the door to the cabin.
infinitive: to doubt.
infinitive phrase: to doubt his plan.
Antediluvian is an adjective and has two meanings:
1) of or belonging to the time before the Biblical flood
2) Ridiculously old fashioned or greatly out of date (sometimes used in a humorous sense)
Here, I'll use it in a sentence:
I often feel my mother wears clothes that are so antediluvian, she never has to worry about blending in with the crowds.
<span>As soon as the latest iPhone came out, the older models became antediluvian to tech experts.
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Hope this helped! :)
