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"Hiking through these mountain ranges is very challenging." The active verb is "is". There is also a gerund, "hiking" which serves as the subject of the sentence. The subject clause is "Hiking through these mountain ranges", so even though "hiking" is a verb form, a gerund, it is not the verb in this sentence; it is part of the subject clause.
The rest of the passage contains other types of verb clauses, so you need to study those until you understand them! (:
I’m not sure what your answer choices are but, Basically, a typical Hemingway novel or short story is written in simple, direct, unadorned prose. Possibly, the style developed because of his early journalistic training. ... An excellent example of Hemingway's style is found in "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
I would go with B, because it helps the reader understand what disseminate doesn't mean, which is to keep something a secret.
<span>Freedom of speech is important for the media because this allows them to bring the faults made by the government in front of the people without the fear of any kind of backlash. People will be allowed to give their dissent and the media can easily print them without thinking about the consequences. </span>
A. the effects of violence. I believe this is correct. The speech I am reading is a Ceremony for the War Dead
, it mentions the effects of war a lot.
B. the difficulty of change. Although he mentions change, the theme is no the difficulty of change, maybe the necessity.
C. the quest for knowledge. In his speech there is no mention of the quest for knowledge.
D. the struggle for meaning. I do not see anything that mentions a struggle for meaning.
As you can see from above, the answer should be A.
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