Identify the verb phrase(s) in the following sentence:

I was sure that I would never see Alex again.

Which revision of the sentence most effectively incorporates the literary term characterized?

Why does patton seem undaunted about eating his rodent soup

Read this excerpt from leah missbach day's foreword to wheels of change.bicycles have long played a role in my life. as a young woman, i rode one year-round before i had a car. but it was later in adulthood that the bicycle became more than a source of transportation for me. the bicycle actually began to truly shape the way i saw the world.what is the author's purpose for including this in the foreword?