So the type of verbal phrase that has been underlined is gerund and it functions as a subject.
Answer: "Next door to each other, in the brick-walled city built by Semiramis"
Explanation:
Pyramus and Thisbe is an opera by John Fredrick Lampe.
It is a Babylonian love story of a man (Pyramus) and a woman (Thisbe).
They were in love but their parents refused to consent to their union.
Their houses stood side by side and the only way they were able to communicate was through a crack in the wall separating their houses.
This line: "Next door to each other in the brick-walled city built by Semiramis" establishes the setting of the story
The one that is NOT something that typically helps reveal a story's theme is realistic vs imaginary scenery. The correct answer is D.
You need to put both equations equivalent to themselves I.E. (5x-15)=(4x+15)
then just do it as a regular problem
so add 15 to both sides and you get (5x)=(4x+30) there for x=30
Answer:
He was happy with the few writing samples I’d brought to the interview and offered me the job on the spot.
Explanation:
The sentence from the excerpt that most effectively develops the idea that the narrator is a competent writer is "He was happy with the few writing samples I’d brought to the interview and offered me the job on the spot" because this sentence expresses that the editor of the newspaper liked the samples the narrator showed him and that he offered the job means that he thought that the narrator is a good writer.