Identify the italicized phrase in the sentence below. his hobby is writing poetry. this phrase is a(n): infinitive phrase prepositional phrase participial phrase gerund phrase

from the political point of view it could be said that the candidate   is an effective speaker because she takes a strong position on the issue. it is an open discussion but probably she is making a presentation and can choose which subjects she wants to address. she is very likely to attain her aim which is to convince voters to accept her proposal.