Locate a participle not the entire participle phrase in the word it modifies. Reminding the younger children to walk carefully, the guy left the group into the cave. Participle modified

Participle: Reminding

Word Modified: Guide

Explanation:

A participle is a verbal acting as an adjective in a sentence. There are two types of participles: the present participle, which ends in “-ing,” like “rising,” and the past participle which is formed from the past tense of a verb, such as “swollen” and “saved.”

In the sentence provided, “Reminding the younger children to walk carefully” is the entire participle phrase, since it is modifying or adding further information to the noun “guide” (adjectives modify nouns). Now, the participle of this phrase is “reminding” (it is a verbal ending in “-ing”) and all the other words of the phrase are their objects and modifiers.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.