Well, On the last sentence, the "d" of James D. Watson needs capitalized. I hope this helps.☺
She overcomes her fears by choosing to do something in spite of being scared.
The answer is C "fraying at the seams"
Most often participial phrases act like adjectives, so that can help you identify them in the future. (Here it is modifying "dress")
To paraphrase is to include the ideas or information from an original source in your paper by rephrasing those ideas or information in your own words .the key to successful paraphrasing is to use as few words as possible from the original text --be mindful not to change the meaning that you are trying to convey as your rephrase---and to cite your paraphrase without proper citation,your paraphrase could be construed as plagiarism......
