Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools the italicized words form a(n): participial phrase infinitive phrase dangling modifier gerund phrase

What is the central theme of the sniper

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. read the following excerpt from the novel "oliver twist" by charles dickens. although oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the first law of nature. if he had been, perhaps he would have been prepared for this. not being prepared, however, it alarmed him the more; so away he went

Life is a barren field frozen with snow. what literary device is he using? a.metaphor b. simile c. personification d. none of the above