"exhausted from the long, cold night", the kittens snuggled in the bright sunlight. the qouted phrase is which of the following? prepositional gerundial infinitive participial

The quoted phrase ("Exhausted from the long, cold night") is a participial phrase.

Explanation: A participial phrase is introduced by a past participle or a present participle. Moreover, it can also include objects and modifiers. A participial phrase functions as an adjective because it describes and provides additional information about a particular noun or pronoun. "Exhausted from the long, cold night" is a participial phrase because it begins with a past participle ("exhausted") and it also contains modifiers. Furthermore, this participial phrase is working as an adjective: it is describing the noun "kittens".

in macbeth, banquo, who in real life had willing in the murder of king duncan, is portrayed as a loyal subject of the king himself. many analysts believe that shakespeare had done this in order to king james, who supposedly was a direct descendant of banquo himself.

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the answer is a.

explanation:

the clause "looking toward the south" modifies "a funnel cloud." it's not really the cloud that's "looking," but grammatically, that clause is modifying the cloud.