I think it would be use active verbs and colorful adjectives
Where is the picture to show what I’m supposed to be answering
the correct answer is lol
I dont know what you mean by that btw
If the underlined phrase is <em>born in New York in 1856, </em>then that would be a participial phrase, which often functions as an adjective in a sentence, like is the case here.
Gerund is always used as a noun, and infinitive has the form <em>to + verb </em>(to go, to be...)