Answer:
1. Worried that he would be late, Christopher crammed books into his backpack.
Explanation:
Participial phrases are those phrases that contain the participle form of the verb, modifying the subject in the sentence. This means that participial phrases are the modifiers of the nouns or pronouns of the sentence.
Among the given sentences, the sentence that correctly uses a participial phrase and describe the subject is sentence 1. In this sentence, the phrase <em>"worried that he would be late" </em>is the participial phrase that describes the subject <em>"Christopher"</em>.
Thus, the correct answer is option 1.
Personification is adding human characteristics to a non-human object. (D. "The landscape listens, shadows - hold their breath.") The landscape listening as if it has ears, and shadows holding their breath are things a living thing would do, so (D) is the best answer.
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A. "The Dallas Cowboys, who wore blue, were the worst football team in the league."
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Nonessential clauses are phrases within a sentence that are unnecessary and only provide additional information; however, the sentence could still work without the clause.
Identifying Nonessential Clauses
One of the best ways to identify a nonessential clause is to take it out of the sentence. If the sentence still makes sense, the clause was nonessential.
For example, the sentence, "The Dallas Cowboys were the worst football team in the league," still makes sense. You only lose a little information that was not needed to understand the sentence.
Comma Rules
Nonessential clauses are also known as interrupters. All interrupters need to be offset by commas. This means that there must be a comma before and after the interrupter. The only exception to this rule is if the interrupter is at the end of the sentence, so the period replaces the comma.
For example, "The movie had a great action scene, which was my favorite part." In this sentence, the interrupter is at the end, so there is only one comma.
We can use this information to answer this question. Only answer choice A has the clause offset by commas, so this clause must be nonessential.
Answer: 2
Explanation:
The Cedar Forest is a marvel of towering tree. In the statement the the Cedar Forest is themed as "a marvel of a towering tree.
