Which answer best explains how the participle whistling is used in this sentence? Whistling a cheerful tune, my father mowed the lawn.

It is used as a verb to describe the father's main action.

O It is used as an adjective to describe the noun father.

O It is used as a noun and serves as the subject of the sentence.

O It is used as an adverb to describe the verb mowed.

Fill in the table with definitions of the literary techniques and concepts that occur in beowulf.

Stress generally occurs when someone? a. becomes overconfident b. disregards others c. feels overwhelmed

One element of lyric poetry is personal reflection. which lines in this poem most clearly illustrate that element? i wandered lonely as a cloudby william wordsworthi wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills, when all at once i saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils; beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze. continuous as the stars that shineand twinkle on the milky way. they stretched in never-ending linealong the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw i at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance. the waves beside them danced; but theyout-did the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not but be gay. in such a jocund company: i gazed and gazed—but little thoughtwhat wealth the show to me had brought: for oft, when on my couch i liein vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eyewhich is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.