Which is the tense of the underlined verb?

she had been writing poetry but thought her ideas would work better as a novel.

a.
past progressive

b.
present progressive

c.
present perfect progressive

d.
past perfect progressive

Based on the context of each quote from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs, find the word that most closely matches thedenotation of the bolded word

Plz halp. which statements are true about theme? check all that apply. 1.) themes are observations about life. 2.) themes can be stated in a sentence. 3.) themes and topics are the same thing. 4.) themes are messages a text conveys about a topic. 5.) examples of themes include loyalty, corruption, and greed. 6.)themes are rarely stated directly and need to be inferred by the reader.

Which statement describes how connotationis used in this passage