The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by your question is the first choice or letter A. The <span>underlined adjective could also function as a verb is the word "gleaming."
The word modifies the feathers, but it could also function as a gerund.</span>
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Answer:
simple
Explanation:
A simple sentence contains one independent clause with a subject and a predicate. Besides, it makes sense on its own and does not possess any dependent clauses. Thus, even though the subject <em>Joe King</em> is followed by an appositive phrase which identifies him -<em>an engineering professor from California</em>- the sentence still has one single independent clause consisting of a subject and a predicate.
Answer:
A). His confidence is transformed by the crowd's response.
Explanation:
Characterization plays a vital role in conveying the intended picture or image of a particular character to the audience so that they could elicit desired response about each character accordingly.
As per the question, Scotty in the given excerpt from 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' is portrayed as the one 'whose confidence boosts and gets transformed by receiving the positive and encouraging response from the audience' by the author. The author begins the passage with presenting Scotty as a little nervous and quavering and he had to redouble his force in order to face the audience but the audience's cheer and the swell of approval from the center of the crowd gave transformed his confidence and brought the hidden 'strong, charismatic, and fierce' side of Scotty. Therefore, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
