Identify the verbal and its function in the sentence:
we were hoping to begin a game of chess. (5 points)
it is a participle functioning as an adverb.
it is a participle functioning as an adjective.
it is an infinitive functioning as an adverb.
it is an infinitive functioning as an adjective.

Asap read the bottom. use these 7 words to make 2 similies, 2 personification, 2 metaphors, and 1 of any so much backpack toaster drummer beach heart bicycle microwave examples: (if the examples were a quarterback, a wave, and stars) 1. the quarterback is a cheetah running down the field. (metaphor) 2. like a wave, the birds in autumn move through the air crashing into invisible shores. (simile) 3. the stars danced in the night sky. (personification) remember to write using complete, correctly capitalized sentences for each of the examples you provide. also, proofread and spell check carefully.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. isn’t this like condemning socrates because his unswerving commitment to truth and his philosophical inquiries precipitated the act by the misguided populace in which they made him drink hemlock? isn’t this like condemning jesus because his unique god consciousness and never ceasing devotion to god’s will precipitated the evil act of crucifixion? what rhetorical technique does martin luther king employ in this excerpt from “letter from birmingham jail”? select all that apply. allusion extended metaphor figurative language simile

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