In the sentence "Emerging from a family that loved learning, Oliver Wendell Holmes was engaged in heavy reading from the time he was a small boy," the bold words are an example of a(n) Emerging from a family that loved learning, are the bolded words

gerund phrase.

adverbial prepositional phrase.

participial phrase.

appositive phrase.

Which of the following sentences below uses the simplest and clearest language? a. library cards are not too hard to get, but they aren't too easy to get either. b. some libraries have a lot of rules to follow for filling out the forms. c. library cards make it possible to read books all year long. d. once you get the application, you can figure it out.

Which line from “a simple way to create suspense” best supports the central idea that writers should not give their readers answers too quickly? a. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum becomes unstoppable. b. so writers are taught to focus on ingredients and their combination. c. we had to invent a solution to the serious problem it posed. d. thus the principle works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one.

Let freedom ring from the snow capped rockies of colorado what is the rhetorical device? a. imagery b. simile c. anaphor d oxymoron