Identify how the verbal is used in the following sentence. Frolicking through the large waves is my favorite activity when I am at the beach.

participial phrase as a noun
participial phrase as an adverb
participle as a noun
gerund as a predicate noun
gerund phrase as a subject

Which sentence from the text best develops the theme about the importance of compassion for other people? "besides, he was the only person in the whole place with skin nearly as dark as hers." "at first she wanted to intern at her dad's gas station, but her teacher told her she needed to branch out and signed michelle up at the oakcourt nursing home, only 15 minutes away from her house." "still, michelle had been curious, and she felt sorry that erkan had a bad reputation among the staff." "she too had felt like everyone mistrusted her--especially at the nursing home where she was so much younger than the rest of the staff--so she understood how he must feel."

What does the line rage, rage against the dying of the light from the poem "do not go gentle into that good night" have in common with the line ride the six hundred from the poem "the change of the light brigade? "a. they end each stanzab. they are repetitious linesc. they end a sestetd. they begin an octave

What is the pourpose of the quotation marks in this sentence above? to show what maria said . to show how maria felt. to show what maria thought. to show how maria said it.