dangerous it is to jump onto a moving freight car
The excerpt describes the care with which Enrique must take when jumping onto a moving freight car. When the narrator starts talking about the peril Enrique faces if he misses, the train is given human traits. The migrants further this when they say "The train ate him up." The train can't actually eat the boy, but it will seem as though it did because of the way the body will be torn up on the tracks.
Answer:Which statement best shows the difference between an essay's theme and the author's purpose?
The author's purpose is the message the author wants to convey, while the theme is the author's reason for writing. Themes are always meant to persuade readers of an opinion, while the author's purpose is never to persuade.
Explanation:
That even if bad things things happen in life, despite going through hardships a good person is always someone who people will appreciate
A present participle is formed with the stem of the workd and the suffix -ing and it can have many functions, such as adjective, a part of the verb phrase.
Here all the stentences have a present participle! Here they are:
It is exciting to see the raised head of a dolphin in the water!
exciting - it can be seen as a present participle or adjective
When dolphins are above the water, they are breathing air.
breathing - this is definitely a present participle
Having adapted to pressure changes,
dolphins’ lungs enable them to dive below the ocean’s surface.
here "having" is the participle"
Swimming
dolphins need to break the surface for air every two minutes.
here "smimming" is the participle.
So the answer depends on which word was underlined!
