The minimum wage differs depending on the area of the United States is a fact
The minimum wage should be increased to help fight inequality in the US is an opinion (but a strong one)
So it’s up to you to pick either one...
The word in the sentence which the underlined phrase
modifies is:
D. Marcella
<span>The phrase adds an idea where the noun “Marcella”
is resting. Therefore it answers the question “where”. This is an example of
prepositional phrase which functions as an adjective. </span>
A, he tells them to stop fighting or they will face punishment
An absolute phrase is defined as a modifier or a modifier with other words, that is being connected to a sentence or a noun without using any conjunction. The sentence that grammatically uses an absolute phrase is option A. The school bus drove over the hill, its lumbering yellow form full of raucous students.