Through its contrasting wilderness and city scenes, the short story suggests that the true meaning to life involves escaping from the confining snares of societal burdens.
which word from the sentence is a present participle acting as an adjective?
a. contrasting
b. short
c. meaning
d. societal

A. Contrasting

Explanation:

In the section "Though its contrasting wilderness and city scenes..." , the word contrasting is indeed a present participle acting as the adjective. Contrast is both a verb and adjective. And, a present participle is the form of a verb, ending in -ing in English, which is used in forming continuous tenses.

Though meaning ends in "-ing", it is an adjective or noun, NOT a verb.

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passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

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passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

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passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

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passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

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passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.