It was <span>a highly conventionalized medieval tradition of love between a knight and a married noblewoman, first developed by the troubadours of Southern France and extensively employed in European literature of the time. The love of the knight for his lady was regarded as an ennobling passion and the relationship was typically unconsummated.</span>
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^all of those choices are nouns
D is the only one that is not a noun because it is describing something =(adjective)
1. a verb form ending in -ing used as an adjective
2. a verb form used as another part of speech
3. a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun
4. group of words without a subject or verb used as single part of speech
5. verb form preceded by to, used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb
6. phrase beginning with a preposition
7. prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun
8. participle with complements and modifiers
9. verb ending in -ing used with a helping verb
10. prepositional phrase modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb
11. A conjunction that joins words or groups of words of equal rank.
12. An adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence.
13. A verbal form ending in -ing with its object and modifiers used as a noun.
1.Participle
2.Verbal
3.Gerund
4.Phrase
5.Infinitive
6.Prepositional Phrase
7.Adjective Phrase
8.Participle Phrase
9.Verb Phrase
10.Adverb Phrase
11.Coordinating
12.Restrictive Clause
13.Gerund Phrase
A part of the introduction paragraph that lists 3 reasons for the topic