Rolling around in the dirt is a Fragment. Hope that helps.
Compound-word prepositions<span> are made up of two or more words that act as adverb or those words that describe an action in terms of the setting, time, manner or frequency. The answer is </span>C. The lightning struck from out of the blue in which the compound-word preposition is "<span>from out of the blue"</span>
Answer:
A. tweets (Twitter messages) describing the overthrow of Ben Ali at the time it happened
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D. journal entries from a student describing how social media helped him join a protest
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E. quotations from experts on social media use during uprisings within the Arab world.
Explanation:
According to the given passage, the authors Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell present a claim that the Arab Uprisings were projected in a much greater deal to the outside world with the help of social media. The presence of cell phones used to record the events, which also led to the increased interest and attention to citizen journalism.
So, to support the claims laid by them, there are some pieces of evidence that can be used. <u><em>Evidences back the claims, validating the truth of the claims made</em></u>. Such pieces of evidence that can help are <u>tweets that describe the overthrow of the ruler at the time it had happened </u>or a <u>student's journal entries that describe how social media helped people him to join the protest</u>. Also, the <u>use of quotations from experts on social media that are used during the uprising within the Arab world</u> can be used as evidence to support the claims.
Thus, the correct answers are A, D, and E.
Bright flowers were waving to me - personification
the old car groaned in protest - personification
the bag weighed a ton - hyperbole