Which sentence contains a verbal phrase acting as a modifier? passing my driving test on the first attempt would be the highlight of my day. giving a presentation in front of my class, i suddenly developed severe stage fright. the water saturated the ground, which made it impossible to plant the garden. dante tolerated his brother's annoying habits during homework time but later studied alone in his room

What is the central idea of paragraph 1 of the story?

Which of these statements are true about pardoners tale

Isaw clearly the doom which had been prepared for me, and congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which ! had escaped. another step before my fall, and the world had seen me no more and the death just avoided was of that very character which i had regarded as fabulous and frivolous in the tales respecting the inquisition. to the victims of its tyranny, there was the choice of death with its direst physical agonies, or death with its most hideous moral horrors. i had been reserved for the latter. by long suffering my nerves had been unstrung, until i trembled at the sound of my own voice, and had become in every respect a fitting subject for the species of torture which awaited me. which torture does the passage above reference? a. being eaten alive by rats b.being sliced open by a giant blade c.being killed by falling into a hole d. being burned alive