The answer I believe would be c
Answer:
Explanation:
Present participle phrases and gerund phrases are easy to confuse because they both begin with an ing word. The difference is the function that they provide in a sentence. A present participle phrase will always act as an adjective while a gerund phrase will always behave as a noun.
It is more suitable to use the gerund form of the verb following the main verb, if the main verb is in the past tense (here, "finish")
D) Both the poem and the essay would be appropriate to include.
When trying to persuade readers, it is best to use as many rhetorical devices as possible. The rhetorical devices are ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is an appeal to ethics. Pathos is an appeal to emotion. And, logos is an appeal to logic. Thus, by including a poem, most likely, pathos will be included because of how poetry is emotional. Additionally, by including facts that support your ethical position of ending child labor, readers’ logical next step would be to support ending it, as well. That said, both the poem and essay would be appropriate to include.
