What kind of verbal does the following sentence contain:

Writing gives Ethan tremendous peace of mind.

A. present participle

B. infinitive

C. past participle

D. gerund

What lines of the play do i select

N "I, Too," why does the speaker say "they" will be ashamed? because they are not as beautiful as the speaker because they realize that the person they dismissed is actually beautiful because they wish they were as intelligent as the speaker because

If the world were to run out of gasoline, alternative vehicles could become very popular.

What is an example of direct characterization? A. description of a character's thoughts B. description of a character's physical traits C. description of a character's interactions D. description of a character's actions

Which element increases the dramatic tension of the metamorphosis and makes the reader wonder what will happen next

Using your Roots and Affixes chart, create a word that means "the study of solar heat" from the word parts on the chart.

How is the dialogue in Endgame different from typical dramatic dialogue? A. It does not use iambic pentameter. B. It contains an unusually large number of pauses. C. It uses more offensive language. D. It is made up entirely of soliloquies.

Read the excerpt from part 1 of "An Occurrence at Ow Creek Bridge A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord.

Which of the following lines from Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Brook" demonstrates consonance? I steal by lawns and grassy plots/I slide by hazel covers; And sparkle out among the fern/To bicker down a valley.

Select the sentence with the clause used as a predicate nominative