From the options stated above, the complete gerund phrase is:
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Gerund is coined from verb in -ing form but functions as a noun. It can act as a subject, direct and indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and prepositional objects.
This passage reads like a script for stage or film.
The medium that would best interpret this passage would be film.
1) Camera focus in on Mrs Peters' eyes slowly turn to meet Mrs Hale's eyes.
2) Mrs Hales' eyes moving to spot the hidden box.
3) Sound of a knob turning with camera showing closeup of knob turning
Panning in & out on eyes and knob is best achieved through use of a camera in film.
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One literary device, which is more often associated as a philosophical device, is the dialectic<span>. This involves the discussion of a concept and its opposite. Another way of thinking of it is that dialectic involves a contradiction (X and its opposite) and a possible solution, balance, or synthesis (combination of X and its opposite)
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I believe the answer is “can be”