Which sentence contains a verbal phrase acting as a noun?

the athletes ran the 500-meter race with ease.

skilled as a baker, donna embellishes her cakes with handmade fondant.

the crowd diffused after the concert ended and the area lights came on.

my objective was writing an eloquent speech.

Match each literary device to its definition. pun the use of humor and exaggeration to mock or criticize people's impractical thoughts and practices irony the use of words in a way that conveys the opposite of what they mean paradox the use of a word with more than one possible meaning with the intention of creating humor satire ideas or concepts that seem absurd or contradictory but are nevertheless true arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth arrowboth

Read this inference: "one day the neighbors will move out of the little frame house." what detail from the story best supports this inference?

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.