What grammatical structure is the italicized portion of the sentence?
by serving as a popcorn vendor, don saw many good games.
present participial phrase
nominative absolute
appositive
past participial phrase
prepositional phrase with a gerund

Which statement best explains how the setting affects the meaning of the story? a. the water and wave motif conveys the queasy feeling the narrator has when walking alone at night. b. the firefly light conveys a feeling of nostalgia for long summer evenings spent with family. c. the phrase whispering and murmurs" suggests that the main character has fits of madness. d. the comparison of the street to a graveyard suggests that something is terribly wrong with society.

Which words from the excerpt most contribute to the patriotic tone

Mr. underwood's editorial defending tom robinson is surprising because he's described as not wanting to be near negroes it's a dangerous stance to take at that time he had been neutral during the trial he wasn't in the courtroom