C. Am I Right? He acted a little scornful to me.
Answer:
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address normally is understood as epideictic, intended only to dedicate a national cemetery. In fact, however, an important argument is subtly and implicitly developed in this brief text: that nationalism is necessary for democracy to flourish. This argument will be identified and its layout described. Moreover, Lincoln employs all three dimensions of strategic maneuvering (topical potential, audience demand, and presentational choices) to enhance this argument. Its placement within an epideictic address is strategically useful and illustrates the ways in which epideictic can have argument content.
Explanation:
The underlined phrase in the sentence "passing the window" is used as, option D. Participial Phrase. A participial phrase consists of a word ending in -ing or -en plus its modifiers. Participial phrases often function as adjectives. The underlined phrase "passing the window" describes the noun "people".
