The correct answer is option B. killing any sacred animals
Explanation:
A gerund phrase is a phrase consisting of a gerund, which is a noun formed by a verb root plus-ing, and any modifiers or objects associated with it. In a sentence, such gerund phrase functions as a noun and can act as a subject or an object.
In the particular sentence shown, <em>The ancient Egyptians avoided killing any sacred animals, </em>the words <em>killing any sacred animals</em> represent a gerund phrase since they fit the characteristics described before, acting in this sentence as an object.
Gerunds are created out of verbs but <em>function as nouns</em>. The gerund phrase <em>killing any sacred animals</em> is the direct object of the verb avoid. Gerund phrases always start with a<em> gerund</em>, <em>always functions as a noun, and they are always subjects, objects or object complements in sentences. </em>Example of a gerund phrase as a subject: <em>Eating ice cream</em> can be a good way to cool off.
"Sitting on the park bench" is the dangling modifier. Who is sitting on a park bench? Is it the sun? It does not make sense because you don't have a subject.
The rhyme scheme in the poem is <span>A. ABAB CDCD
Crocodile (A) rhymes with the third line Nile (A). Second line Tail (B) rhymes iwth fourth line Scale (B). First line in the second stanza Grin (C) rhymes with third line In (C) and second line in the second stanza Claws (D) rhymes with the final line Jaws (D).</span>
