Read the sentence. writers use verbal phrases containing gerunds, infinitives, and participles to add variety and interest to their writing. what type of phrase is the underlined phrase in the sentence? a gerund phrase an infinitive phase a participial phase a prepositional phrase

The correct answer is option two.

An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive verb, and can be followed by a complement or a modifier, which is usually an adverb.

In the sentence above, the infinitive phrase comes before a complement "variety and interest to their writing."

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

go to crash course lititure and go to seconed page and it shows a video about that