Why did the author use a definition pattern in this passage?
O to discuss different types of Petoskey stones
O to present the author's opinion of Petoskey stones
O to clarify why the author decided to write about Petoskey
stones
O to explain what a Petoskey stone is by providing a
detailed description

it is c

Explanation:

exhausted word best describes the mood of the passage frink creates .

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).