Answer:
North Richmond Street, <u>being blind</u>, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers' School set the boys free.
Explanation:
A participial phrase is a group of words that consists of a participle, its modifiers, and any objects that complete that thought.
Participles are words derived from verbs that can function as adjectives or parts of verb phrases. There are two types of participles:
- Past participles - they usually end in -ed (for regular verbs), and less often in -en, -t, -d, and -n (irregular verbs). Example:<em> bake - baked</em>.
- Present participles - they end in -ing. Example: bake - baking.
In the first sentence of the given excerpt, we have one participial phrase: <em>being blind</em>. It consists of the present participle <em>being</em> and a modifier <em>blind</em>.
4. Believability and confidence. The more confident you are the more you grab your audiences attention. The more believable your presentation is the well more your audience believes it.
Answer: get as high as you can
Answer:
In the sentence, the phrase of a cave bear functions as an adverb prepositional phrase. An adverb prepositional phrase modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb. It usually tells when, where, how, why, or to what extent (how many, how much, how long, or how far), and under what condition.
Explanation:
Repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of a phrase is called 'Anaphora' in rhetoric. It is used in speeches to give emphasis to the point being discussed. Thus, the speaker wanted to emphasize his point and encourage his listeners to do something as well.
