Question

Can someone help me with a absolute phrase

Answer 1

Legs quivering, our old dog Chip dreamed of chasing squirrels.

Her arms folded across her chest, Professor McGraw warned the class about the penalties of plagiarism.

We devoured Aunt Lorna's carrot cake, our fingers scraping the leftover frosting off the plates.

Answer 2

Go to:
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/absolutephrase.htm

Answer 3

An absolute phrase combines a noun and a participle with any accompanying modifiers or objects. The pattern looks like this: noun + participle + optional modifier(s) and/or object(s).

Answer 4

I copied & pasted if you don't mine:
Here are some examples:

Legs quivering

Legs = noun; quivering = participle.

Her arms folded across her chest

Arms = noun; folded = participle; her, across her chest = modifiers.

Our fingers scraping the leftover frosting off the plates

Fingers = noun; scraping = participle; frosting = direct object; our, the, leftover, off the plates = modifiers.

Rather than modifying a specific word, an absolute phrase will describe the whole clause:

Legs quivering, our old dog Gizmo dreamed of chasing squirrels.

Her arms folded across her chest, Professor Hill warned the class about the penalties of plagiarism.

We devoured Aunt Lenora's carrot cake, our fingers scraping the leftover frosting off the plates.

Answer 5

Medal?
If helped........

Answer 6

Thanks for the medal! :D

Answer 7

No problem :) @31356

Answer 8

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