Question

The writer uses participial phrases in all of

the following words EXCEPT
(A) "Tipping the scales at up to 1,450 pounds"
(lines 2-3)
(B) "Equipped with reflexes much faster than
those of the most quick-wired man" (lines
4-5)
(C) "crafted to slip through air with the ease of
an arrow" (lines 8-9)
(D) "pushing beyond defeat" (line 11)
(E) "wedding of form and purpose" (lines 13-14)

Answer 1

In the examples provided, options (A), (B), (C), and (D) contain participial phrases, which use participles to modify nouns or verbs. Option (E) is not a participial phrase but rather a nominal phrase and is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The use of participial phrases in a sentence is to provide additional information about a noun, acting as adjectives, or about the action of the sentence, acting as adverbs. In the examples given, options (A), (B), (C), and (D) contain participial phrases, as they use present or past participles (tipping, equipped, crafted, pushing) that modify either nouns or verbs within the sentence, providing description or detail.

Option (E), "wedding of form and purpose", does not contain a participial phrase. Instead, it is a nominal phrase that serves as a subject within its sentence, not describing a noun or action as the participial phrases do. Therefore, the answer to the student's question is (E).