The correct answer is the second one, because it might happen that you do not have a dictionary at hand and you need to know the meaning of an unfamiliar word. So, if you develop some strategies, that will help you immensely.
The first option is incorrect, because quite the opposite happens - it decreases your reading skills if you have to look up a word every 5 minutes.
And the last option is also incorrect, because those skills and strategies are important.
Answer: The second sentence is the correct answer
Explanation:
The participial phrase in this example is D - stored in the damp basement, as it is both a phrase (doesn't have a verb used with a certain person - stored is participle here, used as an adjective, not a verb) and it has this participle. In the previous options, A - we found - this is not a phrase, here verb is used as a verb, and thus it is a sentence, not a phrase. B - many of the old books - this is a noun phrase, it is about books. C - mold and mildew is an adjectival phrase. And thus, the only plausible answer here is D.
Answer:
um... congrats?
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I'm pretty sure it would be C, he avoids sentimentality by simply describing the conditions in which enslaved people lived.... hope i helped:)
