Select the sentence that has been correctly rewritten to subordinate the italicized portion. pay attention to the instructions in parentheses to you select your answer.
i heard the fire siren, and i pulled over to the side of the road. (present participial phrase) if i would have heard the fire siren, i would have pulled over to the side of the road. having heard the fire siren, i pulled over to the side of the road. hearing the fire siren, i pulled over to the side of the road.

Hearing the fire siren, I pulled over to the side of the road.

Explanation:

A participial phrase is a phrase that might seem like a verb at first, but actually functions as an adjective. It modifies a noun that is close to it in a sentence. In this case, the participial phrase is "hearing the fire siren." This is useful in order to describe why I pulled over to the side of the road.

the price of our current war is high; it costs money and it costs lives.

but it does not cost our pride. it does not cost the guilt that would arise from knowing that we did nothing to intervene while our neighboring nations fell to despotic leaders.

it does not cost the terror of knowing that our allies are unstable. it does not cost the fear that we, too, will be next to fall.

which sentence most accurately explains why the speaker's use of the parallel structure is effective in this passage?

a. it underscores that disagreement will not be tolerated and will be dealt with swiftly.

b. it makes the speaker seem like a decisive and capable leader.

c. it emphasizes reasons to fight and inspires listeners to aid the war effort.

d. it establishes the speaker's credibility by acknowledging the difficulties of war.

one thousand and one nights, also known as arabian nights is a collection of stories whose basic structure is that of embedded narrative. this technique refers to a main story which works as the common frame - or framing narrative - for the other stories, and then this series of stories which are connected to the main one. this technique can also be referred to as a story within a story. the stories stem from the original tale, some begin and end on their own, some are connected to the previous or following one, by means of questions that are answered in the subsequent tale, or characters which reappear.