GIVING BRAINLIEST Find the participles in the following sentence and indicate whether they are present or past participles.
1. The children were trying to climb the tree
2. Looking toward the east, we could see the sun rising over the hills.
3. The girls kept the thread moving through the machine.
4. Having seen most of the videos in the store, the children were now clamoring to go to the movie theater.
5. Before Thomas had finished the dishes, he heard Laura calling him.
6. Listening to the strange sounds at night, I lay with my head covered and my heart pounding.

Why does the author's description of the mercury boiler—"the mercury, when vaporized, going into a mercury turbine and then into a condenser, remaining hot enough to generate steam in a steam boiler"—intentionally incorporate such highly technical language? using technical language establishes the expertise of the writer and convey the complex nature of the process being described. using technical language allows the writer to subtly poke fun at those who seek to make basic processes seem overly complicated. using technical language encourages readers to develop deeper and more meaningful personal connections to the information. using technical language lets the writer make clear to readers that the article is intended for readers who are themselves experts on electricity.

At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. they had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men. this excerpt is repeated several times. how does this repetition affect the epic?

Identify the appositive phrase in the excerpt from "the story of an hour" by kate chopin.