How is the underlined gerund phrase used in the sentence?

after reading the whole novel, amy still couldn't remember the main character's name.

B: to give emphasis to the meaning of the sentence

Explanation:

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the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”

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