The underlined phrases that are participial phrases are,
Tired from practice, the quarterback returned to the locker room.
The volleyball team won the match, moving on to the state tournament
Participial Phrases are verbal phrases that function as adjectives. They are formed by a verb with an -ed ending, Past Participle, or -ing, Present Participle, ending. They modify a noun or a pronoun.
To make sure it is a Participial Phrase try to take it away from the sentence. If what remains is a complete thought then it is a Participial Phrase modifying a noun or a pronoun.
The topic sentence of the paragraph is:
a) Each paragraph should have a topic sentence, support, and a concluding sentence.
<em>The topic sentence states what the paragraph will talk about. The rest of the paragraph gives details about the topic sentence, and there is a conclusion sentence at the end. In this case, the topic sentence stated that the paragraph would be about what a paragraph should contain. Each of the following sentences explained one of the things that were mentioned in the topic sentence (topic sentence, support and concluding sentence).</em>
The word means peace or undisturbed.
