What is the grammatical function of the gerund phrase? Before *before defrosting the windshield*, Belle tried to remove the ice and snow from her vehicle.
A. it is a subject
B. it is an object of a verb
C. it is an object of a preposition

How does the narration in this excerpt affect the storytelling? it shows rosa parks’s view of herself. it explains rosa parks’s motivation for staying seated. it shows the poet’s perspective of rosa parks. it provides a portrait of rosa parks with a lot of descriptive detail.

Highlight all instances of parallel structure. there is no longer any room for hope. if we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight!

Match each stanza structure to the correct pairs