Question

Identify the underlined element in the following passage.

Water everywhere. Water flowing in the streets, over the sidewalks and curbs; water dripping down the windows, where it distorts everything to look like a childish painting, colors blurred and lines crossed.

Infinitive phrase

Prepositional phrase

Sentence fragment

Absolute phrase

Answer 1

its an absolute phrase

Answer 2

I thought that but I was not completely sure.

Answer 3

What about

From “Annabel Lee”

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In the sepulcher there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

From “Eleonora”

She had seen that the finger of Death was upon her bosom—that, like the ephemeron, she had been made perfect in loveliness only to die; but the terrors of the grave to her lay solely in a consideration which she revealed to me, one evening at twilight, by the banks of the River of Silence. She grieved to think that, having entombed her in the Valley of the Many-Colored Grass, I would quit forever its happy recesses, transferring the love which now was so passionately her own to some maiden of the outer and everyday world. And, then and there, I threw myself hurriedly at the feet of Eleonora, and offered up a vow, to herself and to Heaven, that I would never bind myself in marriage to any daughter of Earth—that I would in no manner prove recreant to her dear memory, or to the memory of the devout affection with which she had blessed me. And I called the Mighty Ruler of the Universe to witness the pious solemnity of my vow.


Identify the theme of these two passages.

There is a profound beauty in death.

Nature mirrors human experiences.

True love endures beyond the grave.

It is appropriate to discuss death at night.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Option C sounds most apt by elimination and understanding. I hope that I understood your query properly though. If not, my apologies.