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.

11 answers

Robert Frost

Carl Sandburg

Ernest Hemingway

Zora Neale Hurston
the answer choices are
Robert Frost
Ernest Hemingway
John Steinbeck
Langston Hughes
Robert Frost: Summers spent in Pacific Grove, California, influenced the symbolism in his literature.

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.
Read the following sentence.

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
passing
ead the following sentence.

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
Clapping wildly
Read the following sentence.

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
nonessential
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence below.



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
Making coffee