PL HE Think of a time when you were dealing with a challenge (personal, academic, work-related). How did you handle that? Did you seek support, and if so, who did you seek support from?

Overeating became an issue since I was going through a growspurt and home all day with access to food. I didn’t handle it for about 3 months and then i slept all day so I didn’t have to worry about it. I didn’t seek support because I grew 6 inches so everyone knew.

Explanation:

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the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.