Question
The dog wouldn’t stop howling after becoming distressed due to the fireworks. Which sentence best manipulates a participial phrase to emphasize the fireworks? A. Distressed due to the fireworks, the dog wouldn’t stop howling. B. The dog, distressed due to the fireworks, wouldn’t stop howling. C. After becoming becoming distressed, the dog wouldn’t stop howling due to the fireworks. D. The dog wouldn’t stop, after becoming distressed due to the fireworks, howling.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
A. Distressed due to the fireworks, the dog wouldn’t stop howling.
This sentence emphasizes the fireworks by placing the participial phrase "Distressed due to the fireworks" at the beginning, highlighting the cause of the dog's distress right away.
This sentence emphasizes the fireworks by placing the participial phrase "Distressed due to the fireworks" at the beginning, highlighting the cause of the dog's distress right away.