It is not past or present participle because the verb is not in a form wich ends in 'ing'. Past is also not correct because the verb is not in past tense, and she is talking about what's currently happening. Therefore Present should the right one.

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2 years ago

His eyes made out the shadowy outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it cliffs dived

Slav-nsk [51]

Are there answer choices? If not, Just reading over this passage for the first time, It seems the narrator could be describing something very majestic, like a statue built in the ocean, of a god or something. it seems as though the narrator personifies this statue as though the statue itself is a character and has feelings, maybe even something to hide. Hope this helps!

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3 years ago

Read these lines from Walt Whitman's poem "Song of Myself":The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and

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Not 100% sure, but in my opinion I would say B. Personification.

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3 years ago

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