Question

WILL MEDAL &FAN ENGLISH HW

Select the absolute phrase in the following sentence:

Piping hot and spicy, the aroma of the food filled the room. (10 points)


filled the room
food
Piping hot and spicy
the aroma

Answer 1

Maybe A

Answer 2

No, it is C (Piping hot and spicy)..

Answer 3

@xMissAlyCatx Why do you think C

Answer 4

Really what's your explanation?

Answer 5

An absolute phrase is a modifier (quite often a participle), or a modifier and a few other words, that attaches to a sentence or a noun, with no conjunction. An absolute phrase cannot contain a finite verb.

Answer 6

(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

Everything in the parentheses is an absolute phrase..

Answer 7

that doesn't make sense though because they both contain a verb

Answer 8

So what do you think @agevd12 ?

Answer 9

i don't know still...

Answer 10

It has verbs, but not finite verbs..

I'm telling you that is what it is. I'm in English 4 lol.

Answer 11

I'm thinking more C then all of the other options

Answer 12

ok