Which best describes the underlined phrase in the sentence below? frustrated by the woman's response, the border guard repeated his question. a)gerund phrase b)participial phrase c)infinitive phrase

b) Participial phrase.

Explanation:

A participial phrase is a phrase or groups of words that seems or looks like a verb but acting as an adjective. It also modifies the noun in that sentence. It thus provides 'extra' details about the noun, giving more details and making it more 'rich'.

In the sentence -

Frustrated by the woman's response, the border guard repeated his question

the sentence contains a participial phrase "frustrated by the woman's response". It acts as an adjective, modifying the noun but seems like a verb/ action. it also gives us the reason why the border guard had to repeat his question.

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.

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