Use the sentence to answer the question.

Running at full speed, the sprinter soared across the finish line.
What kind of phrase or clause is used in the beginning of this sentence and what does it modify?

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Responses

a prepositional phrase that modifies soared
a prepositional phrase that modifies soared

a participial phrase that modifies sprinter
a participial phrase that modifies sprinter

a relative clause that modifies finish line
a relative clause that modifies finish line

a dependent clause that modifies an entire sentence

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The correct response is:

a participial phrase that modifies sprinter