The appositive phrase is not Maya Lin, like the comment above me stated, but it is B) Chinese-American.
An appositive phrase is usually separated from the rest of the sentence by commas, and it describes the subject, which here is Maya Lin.
Answer: It's C
The sentence that has a dangling modifier error is the following one: After seeing a movie about overflowing landfills, a new program for recycling was started in our town. The modifier used at the beginning of this sentence should be modifying the speaker of the sentence as the ones who watched the movie about overflowing landfills.
A participle has the following form: verb + -ing, and the only word in this sentence that takes that form is A, 'flying', which is the correct answer.
Answer:
B.) They employ figurative language.
Explanation:
Note, the word figurative language basically refers to the used of words to communicate in a way that what is said or written does not follow a regular (literal; simple) meaning rather is to be understood in a more complex or unique (symbolic) way.
In the first excerpt, the use of the phrase <em>"he took the tortillas out of his poetry"</em> is to be understood symbolically. Similarly, in the second excerpt, the expression <em>"the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head," </em>the reader observes a personification of the object, 'tree', this is a good example where figurative language can be observed.
