Which sentence from the excerpt best demonstrates the author's use of tension? Select the correct text in the passage.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne (excerpt)
I turned towards Hans. Hans was at the tiller steering with his usual collected calm.
Nevertheless, if from the distance which separated us from this creature, a distance which must be estimated at not
less than a dozen leagues, one could see the column of water spurting from the blow-hole of the great animal, his
dimensions must be something preternatural. To fly is, therefore, the course to be suggested by ordinary prudence.
But we have not come into that part of the world to be prudent. Such is my uncle's determination.
We, accordingly, continued to advance. The nearer we come, the loftler is the spouting water. What monster can fill
himself with such huge volumes of water, and then unceasingly spout them out in such lofty jets?

English testmatch ! match the definition to the term. 1 . adjective phrase a verb form (which may end in -ing ) used as an adjective 2 . phrase a verb form used as another part of speech 3 . restrictive clause a verb form ending in -ing used as a noun 4 . verb phrase group of words without a subject and verb used as single part of speech 5 . gerund phrase verb form preceded by to that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb 6 . participle phrase beginning with a preposition 7 . verbal prepositional phrase modifying a noun or pronoun 8 . adverb phrase participle with complements and modifiers 9 . coordinating conjunction verb ending in -ing used with a verb 10 . gerund prepositional phrase modifying a verb, adjective, or adverb 11 . prepositional phrase a conjunction that joins words or groups of words of equal rank 12 . infinitive an adjective clause that is essential to the meaning of the sentence 13 . participial phrase a verbal form ending in -ing with its object and modifiers used as a noun

Which modifier is misplaced within the passage? choose the best answer. it took me longer than normal to walk to school today because i stopped to make a wish. i wished for happiness at the fountain. i'm not sure if my wish will come true, but i sure hope it does!

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