A strong gust of wind <u>could</u>(1) <u>topple</u>(2) our little tent.
The helping verb is could
The main verb is topple
You can identify helping verbs in a<em></em><em>verb phrase</em>. Verb phrases consists of the main verb alone, or the main verb + helping verbs. The main verb always comes last in the verb phrase.
Other examples of verb phrases with helping verb (HV) and main verb (MV):
The prices of houses <u>could</u> (HV) <u>fall.</u> (MV)
They <u>should</u> (HV) <u>wait</u> (MV) before leaving.
In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr. structures his ideas strategically as he uses symbolism and rhetorical questions to persuade his readers to help put an end to segregation.
IThe metaphor affects the meaning in the sense that it is not at all helping the other features in showing positive emotions. In this case the feelings are not so positive. the author says that the moon is quiet, dark and it is tattoo on the sea. The author is showing that moon is acting differently. The moon becomes the spoiler of the scene.
A women has disobeyed a humanely made law that told her not to enter. But the consequences she faced weren't made by men but it was something that they couldn't take away.
