What is the participle phrase of the sentence? Seizing the weapon from the intruder, he ran quickly from the house.

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User: What is the participle phrase of the sentence? Seizing the weapon from the intruder, he ran quickly from the house.

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User: Identify the italicized phrase. Mervin, the circus animal trainer, directed the elephant by tapping her trunk.

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Mervin, the circus animal trainer, directed the elephant by tapping her trunk.
The phrase "the circus animal trainer" is an appositive phrase.
The phrase "tapping her trunk" is a gerund phrase.

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