Which identifies a prepositional phrase in the following sentence? i was surprised that everyone except jacqueline and ellen climbed up the mountain to see the spectacular cascading waterfall. a) i was surprised b) up the mountain c) everyone except d) the spectacular cascading waterfall

The correct answer is B. Up the mountain

Explanation:

In grammar, a preposition refers to usually short words that link elements in a sentence and provide information about time, place, manner, etc. Examples of prepositions include after, about, over, up, before, on, into, etc. On the other hand, a prepositional phrase includes a preposition and any other word that modifies it that is usually a noun or pronoun. This implies in the sentence presented, the one that id a prepositional phrase is "up the mountain" because this includes the preposition "up" and the noun it modifies or "the mountain". So, the correct answer is B.

wordsworth tends to see nature as 'out there'; a presence which surrounds humans, and contributes to human life, but is different from humans. if you look at a typical wordsworth poem (there was a boy, ye knew him well ye rocks) - wordsworth talks about nature as something that needs to be learned about and understood, nature is different from us.  

if you look at a byron poem (the isles of greece is a good one) - byron looks at nature mainly for what it already means to man. wordsworth will look at a landscape and see the mountains, trees, valleys, and rivers as almost spiritual presences - wordsworth wants to get to know nature.  

byron will look at the same landscape and he will want to know who lives there, what are the villages? are there any farms or mines, is there some history?  

wordsworth looks at nature for what it is; byron is forever asking what it means.  

wordsworth thinks that humans are part of nature; byron thinks that nature is part of being human