Answer:
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Explanation:
Answer:
In her story, Nye tells of her family heritage of a recipe for Mint Snowball which her great-grandfather was known for. In the story, she gets angry because that recipe was sold to someone else and she never tasted of her great-grandfather's mint snowball.
I know because of the comment she made while narrating the story. Below is an excerpt from the story:
Perhaps the clue to my entire personality connects to the lost Mint Snowball.
I have always felt out-of-step with my environment, disjointed in the modern
world. The crisp flush of cities makes me weep. Strip centers, poodle grooming, and take-out Thai. I am angry over lost department stores, wistful for
something I have never tasted or seen.
Explanation:
"Mint Snowball" is a story by Naomi Shihab Nye. She is a poet, songwriter, and novelist.
It's a compound sentence because it has 'and'.
I’d say it’s the rising action. I’m not very sure though, but based on normal high society logic I’d believe it’s the rising action of a plot.
Taking those choices into consideration, we can assume the underlined group of words is "wanting an exceptional letter of recommendation from her teacher."
With the information above in mind, we can answer that the underlined group of words is:
D. A participial phrase.
- A participial phrase consists of a present or past participle and its complement.
- A present participle is formed by adding -ing to the base form of a verb.
- A participial phrase <u>functions as an adjective</u> in a sentence, <u>modifying a noun.</u>
- In the sentence we are analyzing here, the group of words "wanting an exceptional letter of recommendation from her teacher" is a participial phrase.
- The present participle is "<u>wanting</u>".
- The phrase modifies the noun "Mallory," giving us extra information about it.
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I have found the answer choices for this question online. They are:
A. A gerund.
B. A dangling modifier.
C. An infinitive phrase.
D. A participial phrase.
