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Read 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. for an encore Clapping wildly shouted
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Read 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.

for an encore
Clapping wildly
shouted for the band
to come back on stage

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"Clapping wildly" would be the main participle phrase in this sentence, although an argument could be made for "shouted for the band" as well--depending on one's perspective.
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