<u>Answer:</u>
The correct answer option is 'participial phrase'.
<u>Explanation:</u>
We are given the following sentence:
'The old man sat at the window,<em> remembering the days when he would have gone outdoors</em>'.
Here, the italicized words are an example of participial phrase.
A phrase which looks like a verb but actually functions as an adjective while modifying a noun in the same sentence is called a participial phrase.
So in this sentence, 'remembering' is the present participle and 'remembering the days' is the participial phrase. The participial phrase modifies 'he'.
The question ask on which of the following is the type of expository text does this excerpt in your given in the question from a 1917 congressional address by President Woodrow wilson exemplify and the best answer among the choices is letter B. Creative non fiction
Answer:
The earth is a vast ecosystem that was created by natural forces. Through mankind's touch this has drastically changed. A sort of butterfly effect occurs whenever man intervenes with nature. For example, building a dam stops water flow, dries up the river bed, and forces native animals to relocate or die. Everything that mankind has done to the earth hurts the natural course of how nature grows and flows. By doing this the earth has become poisoned, and therefore mankind is poisoning his home and himself.
Its six sentences but here you go. Modify to how it best suits you.
Option C, the attitude of the author
an author's word choice, BEST defines tone!
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