Locate the gerund or gerund phrase and identify its noun function in the sentence.

i by preparing dinner.

gerund or gerund phrase:
i
by preparing
preparing dinner
by preparing dinner

noun function:
direct object
subject complement
subject
object of the preposition

At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. they had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks' journey for ordinary men. this excerpt is repeated several times. how does this repetition affect the epic?

Question 1 of 102 pointswhat can the reading of ancient texts modern readers betterunderstand? ooa. how ancient characters handled conflict differently from todayb. how the quality of literature has declined over the centuriesoc. how biased and prejudiced ancient authors wereod. how the stories from long ago shape the literature of todaysubmit

In which type of essay would you expect to find the following passage? during the civil war, the economies of the northern and southern states differed: the north was industrial, while the south was agricultural. while sometimes these interests allowed for mutual economic goals, they also contributed in part to the conflict that fueled the onset of the civil war.