<span>the Dominican Republic.</span>
This is wrong because an adverbial phrase <span> the term for two or more words which play the role of an adverb.
this does not include your sentence, here is an example of what i am talking about.
</span><span><span>I will sit quietly.</span>(normal adverb)<span>I will sit in silence.</span>(adverbial phrase)<span>I will sit like a monk meditates.
</span></span><span>(adverbial clause)
hope this helps !</span>
If we imagine ourselves in the scene in which the witness speaks with a firm and confident voice saying "that is the man I saw", the most probable thing is that it convinces us because she is very sure of herself, the witness does not doubt it for a moment, she/he is stating it.
The word <u>averred</u> can be replaced by <u>stated</u> since they have the same meaning. Other synonims can be claim, declare or affirm.
Explain how the reactions of “the bloodless ghouls” to Orpheus’s song in paragraph 3 are important to the overall theme of the story. Cite evidence from the story in your response.