Underline the verbal phrases in the following sentences. Identify the phrase as a participle, a gerund, or a verb. 1, Leaving the beach, he built two huts and hunted the island goats.

2, His diet of fresh vegetables, fruit, and goat meat was very healthy. Eventually, he
became so fleet that he could catch a running goat without a rifle!

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Which of the following elements is an essential aspect of realist literature? a. the text should be based on fictional characters. ob. the text should have a short plot and minimum number of characters. c.the text should be a depiction of everyday life and the struggles surrounding it. od. the text should have a protagonist who possesses heroic qualities. e.the text should depict the high-quality life of a character.

True or false: a writer uses ellipses to indicate an omission or that something has been left out of a direct quote.

That alligator hungry. vittles very scarce that time a season. his belly be pinchin him hard, now. but bruh deer is fat, and so he is in heavy trouble. the alligator there in front of him. the beagles there behind him. what bruh deer gone do? he sees the alligator and he hears the beagles. how does the author readers understand what the word pinchin means?