Match the author with the description.(4 points)
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Summers spent in Pacific Grove, California, influenced the symbolism in his literature.
His poetry includes simple, direct language. Many of his poems are dramatic monologues written in free verse that are about life on New England farms.
The mood and tone of his literature was largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in World War I.
His poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms that give his primarily African American characters distinctive voices.
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Carl Sandburg
Ernest Hemingway
Zora Neale Hurston
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
Langston Hughes
Ernest Hemingway: The mood and tone of his literature was largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in World War I.
John Steinbeck: His poetry includes simple, direct language. Many of his poems are dramatic monologues written in free verse that are about life on New England farms.
Langston Hughes: His poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms that give his primarily African American characters distinctive voices.
The cars passing by are filled with commuters.
Identify the present participle in the sentence.
(1 point)
Responses
by
by
are
are
passing
passing
filled
Clapping wildly, the audience shouted for the band to come back on stage for an encore.
Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.
(1 point)
Responses
for an encore
for an encore
Clapping wildly
Clapping wildly
shouted for the band
shouted for the band
to come back on stage
The knight, blushing under his visor, tried to ignore the jeers from the spectators.
The participial phrase blushing under his visor is set off with commas because it is
(1 point)
Responses
essential
essential
nonessential
nonessential
introductory
introductory
nonintroductory
Making coffee may not be as easy as you think.
(1 point)
Responses
as easy as you think
as easy as you think
Making coffee
Making coffee
may not be
may not be
as easy as
as easy as