If the underlined phrase is <em>born in New York in 1856, </em>then that would be a participial phrase, which often functions as an adjective in a sentence, like is the case here.
Gerund is always used as a noun, and infinitive has the form <em>to + verb </em>(to go, to be...)
The correct answer is A. Brief in-text citations connected to a works cited page
Explanation:
MLA stands for Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing and consist on a manual with guidelines for edition and publishing of documents with an academic style, according to this manual when using other sources whether this occurs as direct citations or paraphrasing, information about the author should be provided, in the case of in-text citations the last name of the author, date of publication, and in some cases page is included before or after being cited in a brief citation, however, all the information related to the source should be included at the end of the document in a reference list, which is a list of all the works cited or used during the text, in this list wider information of the source is provided such as the title of the source, where was it publish, among other. Thus, according to MLA citation information about source should be included through brief in text-citation (last name of author and date) and a list of all the sources with the complete information of the source.
Act II scene takes place in the senates place and Brutus had decided to betray Julius
The action takes place at the climax it is important because it builds it up to the conflict.