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Phrases in Breaking Dawn

Identify the phrase between the asterisks: prepositional, appositive or participial There can be more than one type of phrase in a sentence.

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*Flashing his teeth,*Emmet growled.participial
The stone shrieked and groaned, and, *with a big poof of dust,* split in two.prepositional (did you notice the personification?)
*Snickering away the whole time,* I was having too much fun.participial
The gift was presented *in a wooden box*,*ornamented with a rainbow of gemstones.*prepositional and participial
I wouldn't leave Renesmee, *our daughter,* without both her parents.appositive
The three of us, *Jacob, Renesmee and I,* were hunting together.appositive
She flipped backward,* landing lightly on her feet.*participial and prepositional
The Cullens, *my new family,* were in league with werewolves.appositive
*Flanked by two large wolves,* Sam came quickly *into the clearing.*participial and prepositional
Siobhan,*a woman of immense presence,* was the leader.appositive
He was deeply suspicious *of the Volturi.*prepositional
It was probably the largest friendly gathering *of mature vampires in immortal history*.prepositional
*Under his long ragged duster,* he was a little too well dressed.prepositional
This was the address I was given *by a very dependable source.*prepositional
*With sweat on his forehead,* he trembled before the horde of vampires.prepositional
*Hearing Edward play the piano,* I wanted to cry againparticipial
Emmet, *holding the remote of course,* looked up and grinned in anticipation.participial
*Hovering between liquid and ice,* the rain was just a mist.participial
*Paying little attention to my prey,* I thought about Demetri while I hunted.participial
I left, *glancing back to see* that Jason was staring at me.participial
Close beside me was Zafrina, *the vampire from Brazil* who could make people blind.appositive
They came into the clearing *with a kind of beauty.*prepositional
It was clear that this motley, disorganized horde,* more than forty vampires altogether,* was the Volturi's own kind of witness.appositive
Despair, *pushing me down,* weighted the air.participial

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