Read the sentence.
the president of the company was attending the mandatory sales meeting. which type of phrase or clause is underlined in the sentence?
noun clause
verb phrase
adjectival phrase
adverbial clause

the underlined part is was attending

The president of the company was attending the mandatory sales meeting. Type of phrase or clause underlined in the sentence is a verb phrase.

Verb refers to the action words such as to sing, to dance, to eat and so on. The verbs act as a link between the subject and the information provided about the subject. Whereas, the verb phrase that contains either an indirect and direct object or both the verb. The verb phrase can also act as an adjective or adverb and contain a verb. A phrase can act as a predicate of a sentence or clause.

As in the above example, the sentence contains the main verb and the auxiliary or helping verb was, hence it is a verb phrase.

my best guess would be: d allusion

makes the most sense

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.